I was lateagain late for the meeting with the maître d of the restaurant where, in a months time, my wedding would be celebrated. A banquet...
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He knelt beside the little table hed set up on the pavement, cradling his newborn. Please, Im not after your cash, just a moment of your...
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13October Ive just finished sorting my modest evening catch and slipped the basket of fish into my battered wicker basket, then set off down the narrow...
22May2025 Ive always thought fate has a habit of reaching out when you least expect it, and today Im reminded of that truth while scribbling these...
28October2025 Tonight I sit at my kitchen table, the old wooden surface scarred by years of tea cups and letters, and I finally put pen to...
Son, explain to me what you saw in her? Margarets voice cut through the quiet of the kitchen. Shes a girl from some backwater village, no...