Category: Family
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Nain
I am lucky to remember all four of our grandparents, although Nain – Maggie as she was known – is the one I remember least well, as she died when I was seven.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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Two photographs from 1934
If you have stood on a mountainside and seen birds flying way below perhaps you experienced a feeling of dominion, tempered by vertigo, the exhilaration and surprise of something seen from an unfamiliar perspective.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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Gan-gan
When as teenagers we heard of this affair, my brother and I liked to think of Davy as some sort of brute, and of Jack as the handsome knight rescuing her from his clutches.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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Six Spades
Aelwyn felt the familiar tingle of anticipation as he turned over his cards, and held them close to examine them. Not bad, there might be something on here…View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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No Dragon Wood
And perhaps the path through the wood once followed a regular course…View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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The Ticket Drawer
Should she have died with no tickets in the drawer, no holidays to look forward to, no plans?View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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At Pantclyd Farm
Thomas lay on his side, his head turned away. Richard contemplated him, His mouth was dry as he took in the strong back and the muscular brown arms.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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Bit Nicer
“The girl in that bed over there says some people die when they have an operation. Is that true?”View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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For Dad
…maybe, underneath it all, I wanted our children to have just as happy a childhood as Rob and I did.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.
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