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does that phone work with crumpets?

does that phone work with crumpets? i have a toaster, a useful appliance – it can make toast elevate a teacake crisp a crumpet (eventually) even warm...

The Heart Of The Place We Call Home

The Heart Of The Place We Call Home By Paul McCann I grew up in Ireland and found a loving community who believed in God and we all lived together in...
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Running With Cuchulainn

Running With Cuchulainn By Paul McCann Every street in Ardoyne had there own wee groups that would play games and tell stories , There was a group of...

Mother Of Songs

Mother of songs By Paul McCann Mother of songs the melody is you it moves on the wind and flies high above Mother of songs you sing full of grace and...

Waves and Fishes

For several weeks now, I have been threatening to walk the few miles to the fishmongers in the next village. It is a beautiful walk along a...

Whispers of Wellness: A Fitness Center Trio’s Journey - Part 1

Welcome to the fitness center. Here, bravery fights with insecurity, together with the sounds of weights and machines. In the noise, you will find...
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The Market.

I never shop at the market. My Husband Paul loves it. Just before Christmas last year, we were in the Town together, that is rare. We do shop...
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Sean Happens 5

Mum sent Sean up to the Potter house to apologise. When she’d heard what happened, ‘I’m black mortified,’ she’d said. She’d waved away the idea of...
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Parcel for you...Part 24

Vanessa passed a long, uncomfortable night. She couldn’t escape the sounds of her daughter, rifling through bags, stomping to the bathroom and back...
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Travelling In Silence

My son asks me to speak more. I don’t. In the Quiet Coach I talk with a professional poet. A woman angrily tells us speaking is not allowed there.

A Wee Word In Your Ear

A Wee Word In Your Ear By Paul McCann “Mrs Mc Afee and how would you be ?” “ Dead on there . How’s yourself Mr Magee ?” “Couldn’t be better despite...

1:5:1 Quararr (Part 1)

Confusion. Their wrist burnt and they felt as though they had sunk significantly into the ground around them. Dazed, their whole body tingling, they...
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A walk in my new neighbourhood

I am sliding in love With this--dare I call it--home This cosy bundle of streets Unravelling for me to explore These buttercream houses Primly...

Another Perfect Day

As we have come to learn, nature abhors a vacuum while embracing entropy. I try to expalin this concept to my wife as she furiously vacuums the...
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There's a Ghost in My House (Dead Reckoning series - Part 6)

In which Josiah renews an old friendship and Archibald develops his spiritual side in the garden.
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Camping At Cavehill

Camping At Cavehill By Paul McCann Small groups of us used to leave Ardoyne for different reasons . To get branches up the Glen for Bonfire night or...
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Strange Phenomena

I have certain clothes I would never dream of wearing outside the privacy of my own home. Nothing kinky. Plenty time for that later. No, these...

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