Tag Archives: environment

Parallel Worlds

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

I remember  I was thinking, was it yesterday or twenty years ago, about the existence of parallel worlds. Of other places in distant galaxies where someone could drive his Ford Brillo, or whatever the name of it is, into a MacDonalds and … Continue reading →

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‘Ducker’ Barrington

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Isn’t it curious how two very different aspects of human character can manifest themselves , under one roof, in one family and as a result of the same basic upbringing. ‘Ducker’ had a brother called Nicholas who, for some years,thought ‘Ali … Continue reading →

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Nigel Winchmore-Symonds

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Nigel Winchmore- Symonds was not a lucky chap. I don’t know why. Some argument between the gods during his birth, or a sudden shift in the cosmic charts shortly before he was plonked into his mother’s arms. We have no … Continue reading →

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Desperate Circumstances

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Professor Monkton, who graduated from a college created by his own imagination,  wrung his hands as he looked at his bank statement. Hardly enough for a light luncheon at the local refuse tip. Everything now hung on his latest invention. A jam … Continue reading →

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Death By Manners

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

There are individuals whose sensibilities and general wariness about causing offense can seriously damage their chances of making the best of their situation or talents. I am reminded of a famous, though receding event in the history of mankind when the … Continue reading →

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Gentle Incompetence

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Recently I have been paying more attention to my writing career. Sorry, I’ve got a bit carried away there. What I meant to say was,” I’ve been paying a bit  more attention to my desire to have a writing career”. … Continue reading →

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Life in the Zoo

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Here I am, A Lion in the Zoo. All meals ready packed. Adventure no longer on the table . Those primal days, running on uncertain ground are now a story board, caught on a poster laid out before my cage.  Needs are catered for … Continue reading →

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Living the Nightmare

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Let us hope that you do not know the feeling when you are looking at the damage caused by the bathroom ceiling falling down onto your living room floor, together with a cascade of water from the burst pipe which … Continue reading →

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In A Hospital Near You

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

The sun burns down on them. Him and Geoff as they squat in the desert. Could he use a drink, and he doesn’t mean water, but the enemy are visibly before them  and he has other things to do. Now in the garden shed, … Continue reading →

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Drifting Into Adulthood

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

I grew up in a slightly odd childhood, one of the younger of six siblings, and sometime after my mother had exhausted all sense of wonder at the birth of a new child. Dealing efficiently with the demands of a … Continue reading →

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