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Blue Coffee
Yolanda sat in a coffee bar Drinking Blue Coffee She was in Rome But was thinking of Paris
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You Touched Me in a Wine Bar
Yolanda’s favourite movie was Betty Blue and she styled her raven hair in the manner of Betty Yolanda however was a calm person who gave the impression of thinking deeply Yolanda’s favourite movie was La Vie d’Adele which she thought had been misinterpreted on its release Yolanda’s favourite colour was red and she especially liked […]
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Room 28
The Aberdeen Hotel was built in Houston Texas in 1909 and was the brainchild of a Scotsman named Andrew Souter who had arrived in the USA in the late 1880s without a cent to his name but in the thirty years built a chain of high class hotels across America. No expense was spared and […]
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The Town that Vanished
In the summer of 1851 the remains of the Patterson Party were found in an obscure part of the Great Basin Desert by a couple of trackers who buried the eight bodies found and collected the meagre possessions found nearby They did not hand these over to the authorities until early 1852 and after considerable […]
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Languid Beach
We were sitting on bench overlooking the beach In front of the Zen Café which remained closed It had been closed for over six months The authorities had banned the use of the nearby beach As the rip tides had been stronger than normal This was noted on various warning signs in the area Many […]
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Green Symphony
In early May the trees that surround my home are at their brightest They are young once more and show no signs of their winter decay Today I shared their gentle beauty with the swallows and the swifts Who were dancing in the fine winds in celebration of our day
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The Butterfly and the Bottletop
Earlier today a beautiful powder yellow butterfly visited a jade green bottletop That had been carelessly discarded in the grass It was a dream match created in heaven But sadly the attraction did not last As although their profiles matched Their gentle colours were not aesthetically pleasing
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Coffee Turtles and Zen
Have you ever noticed that when brewing coffee in a percolator that the surface is always clear and not inhibited by abstractions I have noticed this ever since I was a child This inspires me Occasionally on the beach we find stranded sea turtles that have become victims of the tide these creatures are normally […]
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The Hounds of Hell
On the 5th of October 1921 in Tucson Arizona a small businessman by the name of Jim McGoldrick was found torn to death as if he had been attacked by a wild animal His son who was so traumatised by the attack was struck dumb and his only written words were that the dog was […]
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Yellowhammer
you caught us by surprise as you flew above the calm trout waters a shaft of sunlight lately released from the intimate shadows of the day seeking sanctuary A Yellowhammer was seen near the River Dun in May 2020