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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Today I shall puff on an uncharacteristic cigar by way of a fond farewell to of one of TV’s greatest, most loved and iconic detectives, Peter Falk, the singular Lieutenant Columbo. Yesterday Falk hung up his signature coat, stubbed out his last cigar, kicked the car, let the dog out and kissed the wife [...]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
So Many routines and rituals bring you comfort. Yet they throw the world of others into chaos . Everything is black and white. Right or wrong. You are protected in your world by your thoughts A world few can comprehend and one you can’t even extend. Emotional destruction is all around yet you [...]
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
I came to you advanced in years No qualifications, no real aspirations. But University now beckons, a chance, thanks to you, an inspiration a strength out of the blue. I will always remember the things that you have taught me Phil Larkin’s “Home” Deep and meaningful with a suggested archaic tone. Charles Dickens Miss Havisham Stink [...]
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Three steps ahead of her lay an adventure. It just needed a shape. She set off down the lane towards the sea, pleased with her boots. Bees and wasps attacked the blackberries on either side of her and she stopped to move a field mouse, perfectly dead with both eyes wide open. Death looked like a [...]
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
Rose was watching the small rabbit who had been playing on the lawn for an hour. Rose wondered about the second rabbit from yesterday but closed her mind to its destiny as all above her head, the plastic roof tapped away in the wind until sunshine returned again to her garden. Each of Rose’s eyes [...]
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
JUST FOUND THIS POEM OF MINE – WRITTEN IN 1980 – 31 YEARS AGO – AGED 23 – UNTITLED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE IN LIFE FROM EVERY WALK AND STATION FROM EVERY TOWN AND CITY AND EVERY STATE AND NATION HAVE GIVEN ME SO MANY THINGS TANGIBLE AND DEAR I CAN’T BEGIN TO COUNT THEM ALL OR [...]
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
My life so far stilted, Duty bound. Wondering if that once,untamed energy Would ever be found. A longing to learn, To have knowledge, To be bright To put pen to paper, And the content be right. The way forward, is now clear. No more men, ever to fear. My independence. At last alone, I now [...]
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Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Raynard Corri was the bastard offspring of Captain Africa (the lard mogul) and Tracy. The captain disappeared without Tracy, who perished alone , along with her diamond collection, the victim of a mau-mau hit squad. Leaving Raynard alone wi…th the one thing money can’t buy: poverty. He was discovered at one year old by a [...]
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
The English Patient ‘If I gave you my life, you would drop it. Wouldn’t you?’ Set in post-war Italy, The English Patient focuses on four survivors coming to terms with the devastating effects of war, with each other, and with themselves – Hana, a nurse, whose love for the charred ‘Englishman’ in her care shifts [...]
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