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Tom Emery
Now retired from a career in teaching, I live in Scarborough, where I spend my days reading, writing, travelling and playing the piano, but not necesserily in that order.
My stories
Jenkins’ Ear
'Go tell your king that we'll do this to him,' they said, as they chopped off his ear You're not wanted here, the Americas are ours, we hold the...
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Thanks Clem!...Sorry about The Queue
In July 1967 my contemporaries and I graduated into a world bristling with enterprise and opportunity, eager to employ our individual talents. We had...
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A Recipe for Life
Into a pot place a modicum of strife With a splash of dry wit, reflective of life; Then a sprinkle of caution, just to be sure That humour and...
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The Damp Demise of Ronnie Porter
Humoresque Vocalese Ronnie Porter was sick of the rain because for forty six days it had been the same old story - bouncing from the roof and racing...
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The Final Chapter
There was an old woman who lived in a book taking comfort from the fact that, without ever looking up, she could get through life with very little...
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I enjoyed this Harry,
Posted on Tue, 06 Jan 2026
I enjoyed this Harry, especially the reference to the jigsaw. It set me thinking and I've decided I'm the bit that ends up down the side of the sofa.
Read full commentPosted in 2. Small Town Sunday Walking Blues...
This is a great read Harry
Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2025
This is a great read Harry and takes me right back there too. 'I expect he waits outside the door till you've finished'.....what a great line.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (8) (i)
Euphoric writing Jenny. It's
Posted on Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Euphoric writing Jenny. It's the anticipation that keeps us all going I think.
Read full commentPosted in Happiness Of Anticipating Inspiration
Enchanting Turlough. Quixotic
Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2025
Enchanting Turlough. Quixotic fancy, lilting tempo and mesmeric cadence in sepia tint.
Read full commentPosted in Nor Any Drop to Drink
Written from experience
Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2025
Written from experience Insert, my terrifying visits to the school dental service way back in the dark ages, plus a little poetic licence. I can't honestly remember whether my mum prepared me for the ordeal or not, but I have never forgotten the...
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Very entertaining read
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
Very entertaining read Turlough, a sort of barnacled Judith Chalmers travelogue of one of the great cities of the world. Going back is always a disappointment, because we can never avoid looking at what we see through our triple glazed nostalgia...
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Ours are not true hopes, more
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
Ours are not true hopes, more ill-wishes for others. Well said sir!
Read full commentPosted in Land of Hope and Fury
Hello Turlough
Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2025
Hello Turlough
I really enjoyed your diary entries, full of whimsy and the amusing ordinariness of everyday life. Great read!
Read full commentPosted in Bring Me the Head of St. Paisius of Hilendar
I enjoyed this Jenny, it took
Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2025
I enjoyed this Jenny, it took me along the same road way back when. I vividly remember the sense of freedom that came with the full licence.
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Yes, it's a freepic.
Posted on Wed, 03 Sep 2025
Yes, it's a freepic.
Read full commentPosted in Our Journey of New Beginnings
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