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He winked at me as they rolled his bed away and I waved and smiled, concerned for him. We’d been joking about being on death row, that he...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 27
- 3 min
carpe diem
“I think I’ll go in to the park and frighten people,” my mother chuckled wickedly, then grasped her chest. “I look like an old hag!” She...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Trust
Many of our problems arise from not trusting ourselves. That may sound rather esoteric, but consider this. We are animals who have...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Kindness
His words rang through my head as I drove homewards: “What’s the point in living if you can’t help others?” Once upon a time, without...
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iaindryden1
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Vital news...
This week I heard the worst news ever. It was so awful, so far reaching, that my usual positivity withered in seconds. I wished to share...
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iaindryden1
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Fading....
Anything new is a shock and digital art is not welcomed by many. They see it as not being art, but technical manipulation, which is what...
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iaindryden1
- Jan 21
- 2 min
environmental credentials
I was outside the butchers, waiting my turn to buy an organic, free range chicken, when a passing acquaintance looked at me with scorn,...
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iaindryden1
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Nudge, nudge
Between the rain drops, we walked around this charmed little market town, realising that much as we love it, we are country folk forced...
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iaindryden1
- Dec 30, 2022
- 4 min
The only resolution
Listening to the radio as I performed the day’s last medical procedure, I learnt that a rare event was occurring in the skies above. In...
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iaindryden1
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
beliefs
Their eyes were soft and wide as they sat with their parents and grandparents waiting for drinks to arrive. At first I assumed more young...
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iaindryden1
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
another day
In her smart clothes bought in some city boutique, she barrelled towards me down the narrow pavement and I could tell another mini-battle...
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iaindryden1
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Freebies
One must pick one’s arguments as well as their timing, but whilst shopping this morning I found myself embroiled in a troubling...
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iaindryden1
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
what a ball
Coverage of football in Qatar has been a hundred-fold more than that of the recent Climate talks and it’s only three days in, whereas...
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iaindryden1
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
20x20x20 = !?!
He was adamant. “Anything goes, the Planet is suffering, look at ALL the climate disasters!” I had to think for a second, “Yes, action is...
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iaindryden1
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
hair do
My hair was getting in my eyes, so a visit to the snipper was due. This little town has become the capital of haircutters, so I strolled...
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iaindryden1
- Oct 22, 2022
- 3 min
we can....
“Boris is the man!” He said as he leaned against the old stone pillar. “Yup, Boris has charisma,” she smiled with fondness, “something...
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iaindryden1
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
oh no, not the bomb
“I’d face ‘em off,” his eyes were bright and beady. “Show ‘em we’ve also got the bloody bombs ready.” “But the Russians feel threatened,...
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iaindryden1
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
The feminist thing
“I would liquidate her,” said the person behind the bar. We were talking about our current PM, the idiot who won’t back down from an...
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iaindryden1
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
2 minutes
I once nearly caused a major incident involving our new King. On that distant day, there was no sign of the petulance Charles, now King,...
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iaindryden1
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Being with a bee.
Camilla rushes in, there’s a bumble bee stranded on the pavement. Victim, we assume, of one of the cars streaking past too forcefully for...
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