Sliding doors
I was sitting on a train coming home from a meeting. We came into a station and I noticed a couple on the other platform with armfuls of suitcases and…
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Jump for joy!
On a recent trip to America, my Jon bought me a lovely present. He knows my penchant for fun plastic jewelry and found a great little sunny yellow ring with…
Let us play
When an anonymous friar looked back over his life he regretted being so sensible. This is part of what he said: “If I had my life over again “¦ I…
Attack
I’m not a ‘demons in the marmalade’ type. I don’t think that every time I catch a mild cold I am being besieged by an army of evil spirits named…
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My first Saturday job was working for a landscape gardener. Ken was a brilliant old bloke; a gentle, wise and quietly funny scouser. We got on famously, even when I…
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When you are hurt or in trouble, who do you make your 999 call to? I used to have quite a long list of possibilities. Nowadays it’s much shorter. In…