Monthly Archives: January 2015

Smile

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A lesson on wings

The taxi was going to be late. No bus, still no car. I need to be elsewhere and I’m stuck. Could have stayed in bed a bit longer…Didn’t have to get up before dawn… but the cold had woken me, … Continue reading

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Petals

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Timorous

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Bedlam

For Ronovan’s challenge this week, one of the words was ‘bedlam’… there was never going to be another possible subject than Ani.

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Hopeful…

“First day back!” says the mechanic, who looks well fed, well rested and uncompromisingly cheerful. I resist the unreasonable urge to haul him over the counter and disembowel him with his own monkey wrench. I smile sweetly. Explain the predicament. … Continue reading

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Emotional beings

The Silent Eye It is the end of a long day, when not everything went right and tired is the word that springs to your mind. You know that it is not the kind of snuggle-up-in-bed-with-a-book tired either, but the … Continue reading

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Mystery

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Frozen fingers

Minus two degrees, it said. The fog was thick, not moving at all, and the prospect of the walk round to the village shop was distinctly unappealing. Especially this morning, feeling rough and after the encounter with my uninvited bedfellow … Continue reading

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To my visitor…

Biting my ankle was out of order. And I know it was you. And it bled. Which is very inconvenient, given the sheets were white and it was four a.m. and I should have been asleep. Would have been asleep. … Continue reading

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