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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
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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Relatively Speaking
It is possible, you know. 'Is this seat taken?' I enquired tentatively, of a man who looked remarkably familiar. He looked up from a notebook filled...
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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.
Read full commentPosted in Letter Going Beyond The Grave
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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