Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Two
In the street, Dave led Sally across the road, they sat on a bench overlooking the Thames. As they sat down, Sally started crying, Jane Goodley had closed and locked her office door, sitting behind [more…]
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Four
Ro showed Jinnie around the house and to her en-suite guest room, all the time accompanied by Syd the Maine Coon kitten. Ro said, “I’ll leave you to settle in. When you are ready, come [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from Thailand Part V
Final days นสุดท้าย 16-18 January Souvenir Shopping * ช้อปปิ้งของที่ระลึก * Yes, I know… but we like holiday tat. Our plans for some further sight-seeing in Bangkok on the day of our return from Sakon Nakhon [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 4
Alison and I left Aylesbury in the morning and had to aim to be at the Folkestone Eurostar terminal ready for the 2pm shuttle. This is a journey I had done many many times over [more…]
Literature
Embers of The Affair, Part Four
A la recherce du temps perdu (Proust) My woman When I hold her, hold my woman Hold her tight against my bosom Cries she like a little spirit Spirit of the hills and forest. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-One
Monday Good morning, friend, and it is a very pleasant one—dry, warm, and sunny. Legohead is off to Scottishland later to talk to the Donald, who is over to open a new golf course, so [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter One
Dave and Sally sat watching TV, their dinner on trays, the news was on, it was early September. It was a Wednesday evening, Sally had come home first from her job at Loughborough University, she [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – A Postcard From Cannes Pt.2: Stayin’ Alive
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up (but quite possibly life saving) googly from the gasworks-end of [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Three
Over the few weeks since Jinnie returned from the grand opening of the Ennios St James Bay, it had been a busy time in the De Luca house. There had been the preparations for Izzy [more…]