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Thursday, 4 March 2021

The Fluffy Book Above the Pool (a.k.a. A Textured Anecdote for World Book Day)

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During my early work days, I attended a course to become a Reading Friend. This was held at a local sports centre. In order to get to the ...
Friday, 1 January 2021

Little Daunting (a.k.a. A Guide to a Place We All See at the Start of a New Year)

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So you’re off to Little Daunting. A lot to take in for such a small village. Some might call it a hamlet though they’ve had their chance t...
Friday, 25 December 2020

The Boxing Day Grotto (a.k.a. Santa Receives Feedback)

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Richard loved being Father Christmas. It was the highlight of his year to don the red velvet suit with white cotton trim, to squeak around i...
Sunday, 20 December 2020

Pompier (a.k.a. A Whiff of Commercial Nightmare)

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Perfume adverts have extraordinary artistic license. Normally they get a fair bit of playtime throughout the year but this intensifies on th...
Monday, 23 November 2020

Incarnations (a.k.a. A Legacy Story for Doctor Who Day)

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A t one point in their lives, both my parents were Time Lords. Well not just Time Lords, the same Time Lord.             As in all things,...
Saturday, 31 October 2020

The Talk (a.k.a. Part Three of My 2020 Trilogy of Halloween Tales)

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  Two short taps and one scrape of a nail against the door.             "Come in, Mr Almond," Peter says.             A man wi...
Friday, 30 October 2020

Plaster and Slime (a.k.a. Part Two of My 2020 Trilogy of Halloween Tales)

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I  was teasing weeds from my garden fence when I heard grinding among the plant pots. These were plastic so I could only assume that somethi...