Category: Real Life
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Valentine Week Woes
Oh, woe is me. I’m completely woed to the brim. Woed out. It’s Valentine’s week, and I’ve gone and done something so silly, it’s unbelievable. Something I never do. Something I would never do. And I received a congratulatory email for doing it as well. Oh, no! Oh, woe! No, I haven’t gone out and…
Tom
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Photography Practice
I wouldn’t say that I’m the best photographer in the world. I wouldn’t even use the words ‘photographer’ and ‘me’ in the same sentence usually, but today I will. Armed with my trusty mobile phone, I have managed to capture some of the greatest moments in history. OK, not Earth-shattering or Earth-changing moments, such as…
Tom
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Offa’s Wheel
I wonder what went behind the invention of the wheel? Was it created after many months of trials of objects of varying shapes and sizes by our Stone Age ancestors until they got it right? Or perhaps the wheel had been invented many eons earlier than the Stone Age, and kept a closely guarded secret,…
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Thoughts, by T.L.Merriman
A spark ignites an idea from an image, smell or sound A few words grouped together gets a tale off the ground A tale becomes a paragraph; a chapter; or a book Possibly a trilogy (or more) with any luck. The pen needs inspiration, to enable the tale to grow And the balance of everything…
Tom
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The Day Before Tomorrow
Ulp. I’ve seen this before. At the weekend, actually. I watched part of the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. I didn’t have time to see the whole movie, so just watched up until the weird weather conditions started to happen. Then I had to leave it. Drag myself away. That was the day before today.…