Category Archives: writing

A Solitary Drink

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

It was in the way he drank.  Time was not in short supply for this gentleman who sipped at his glass and studied the wall ahead for things to contemplate. A solitary figure in a near empty bar. An afternoon drinker, but not … Continue reading →

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The Blessèd Crèche

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

I’ve heard talk of a world where the old were revered and respected: living in the homes of their children and grandchildren, and enjoying the attention years of hard work and accumulated wisdom had earned them. Where smoke rose in lazy whisps from houses … Continue reading →

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A Meeting at the ‘Gloating Butler’

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

Nigel was feeling pretty good about life. Bloody invincible frankly. Lets take the brakes off and just admit he felt like a newly discovered god. At forty-six he felt more than pleased to be himself and sitting opposite the twenty two year old Russian vision … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Immortality

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

There you are: living it large, high strutting your way through the ‘also-ran’s’, knocking it out of the park, devouring the future, ruling the universe; grinning with abandon, ready to shape  the day, bend it to your will and make it … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Engagement. A Dawning Truth.

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

Later that day in an evening marked out by routine: a self constructed prison made of ritual she laid the food out on the table.  Two pork chops with some vegetables neatly displayed  on the plate . Her husband smiling,  and pretending to ignore her turmoil, poked the cooked meat … Continue reading →

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Navigating A Moral Universe

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Ok, no more introductions, or weak displays of verbal gymnastics, let’s get to the heart of the matter. The root of the question, the final conundrum.  The causeless cause. The unvarnished, unsung, impersonal truth. “Morals”. Do they matter? I must pause … Continue reading →

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The Email

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Honed in solitude, and far from any track, at a time when lifeless legs kept him exiled from the throng, his mind had moved where his limbs could not, through distant concepts and  landscapes travelled by imagination. Books, he reflected,  might inform you, but … Continue reading →

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Some Years after The Engagement

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

She raised her eyes to view her reflection in the mirror and studied the face before her. Still young and clean of line, but knowledge now marked her eyes. Experience, effort, putting on a brave face: they were present too.  A face of … Continue reading →

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In Syria

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Her face was like a river bed dried and cracked by unrelenting heat. Sitting there, beside the church on streets bleached white by sunlight, she made no statement, but still I felt I knew her. This other soul. This old … Continue reading →

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“Candid Corner”

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

You may not have heard of it yet, but you surely will do. The new craze sweeping through the internet. ’Candid Corner’ is a platform where, by using anonymous names, you can be as honest or ‘candid’ as you like about the object … Continue reading →

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