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Tom All Alone 19 (ii)

By HarryC on Fri, 19 Jun 2026

Final Chapter - 2 of 2 Moving day was arranged for the Saturday before the start of the school summer holidays. On the Thursday evening before it,...

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Tom All Alone 19 (i)

By HarryC on Fri, 19 Jun 2026

Final Chapter - in 2 parts. The following Saturday, Auntie Pat and Uncle George came over to visit, bringing Keith and Brendan. All had been quiet...

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Tom All Alone 18 (iii)

By HarryC on Thu, 11 Jun 2026

Mum came to collect Tom on Sunday afternoon. He was watching from the living room window and saw her coming down the road, waving when she spotted...

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Tom All Alone 18 (ii)

By HarryC on Tue, 09 Jun 2026

They sat down to dinner that night in Auntie Pat and Uncle George's kitchen. It was brighter than their kitchen at home. They had the long tube...

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I did succumb to a Kobo for

Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026

I did succumb to a Kobo for reading - but principally because book covers, for some reason, set of my contact dermatitis. Late onset, so I'm guessing it's something in the inks. Glossy mags are gloves-on only!

Yes, it was meant to be only...

Posted in APP-titude

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Another great episode,

Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Another great episode, Turlough. Agree with you about my near-neighbour Geldof. I love your mix of observations - personal, general and universal. Always makes me think of the Alan Bennett diaries for that.

I'll never forget one of the...

Posted in Strimmer Time and the Living is Easy

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Intriguing. I was struck by

Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2026

Intriguing. I was struck by some of the strange images - 'the stars a fish shape', 'soft as shandy'. There's a kind of synaesthesia I myself feel sometimes. Hearing colours. Tasting sounds. Part of the condition, so I understand. Thank goodness...

Posted in Priceless

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I'm also glad you decided to

Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2026

I'm also glad you decided to post this, Jenny. Very powerful. It's always the waiting that does it.

My thoughts are with you.

Posted in Torment

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You have! Innocent times. I'd

Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026

You have! Innocent times. I'd left school, hadn't started work yet. I naively thought that leaving school meant I knew all I ever needed to know about everything. Reality a few years later was a big shock. I haven't quite recovered!

Thanks...

Posted in Blue

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I well remember when I was

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026

I well remember when I was finally found out. Actually, the teacher was outraged and it caused more of a fuss than depicted. And the ten shilling note! That happened in the back road. We'd just found it when this chap came along and asked us. A...

Posted in Tom All Alone 16 (ii)

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Thanks, Tom. I don't judge.

Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026

Thanks, Tom. I sincerely hope I don't judge, and can't really see any element of judgment here. Perhaps I'm overlooking something. If Harry's judgment (a fictional narrator) is that he couldn't make anything of the story ideas, then that just...

Posted in 5. Secondhand Prose

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I'm not sure it's a pastiche.

Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026

I'm not sure it's a pastiche. In spite of resonances, I think it's highly original. Congratulations. Well-deserved.

Posted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (1)

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Duly noted, Claudine. Sorry.

Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026

Duly noted, Claudine. Sorry. Comments edited.

Posted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu

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With you on that, Turlough.

Posted on Mon, 02 Jun 2025

With you on that, Turlough. It was behind my decision not to have children, in the end. With AI being predicted to wipe out many white-collar jobs soon, too, children today face a future more uncertain than at any time in our lifetimes. We...