Inspiration point (IP)
Lille Dante's wonderful series based around song titles is an absolute joy to read, and so I'm unashamedly nicking that idea for this week's Inspiration Point, which is: Reasons To Be Cheerful. Hoping ABC Talers will lighten some of the pervasive gloom at the moment! (I don't need to remind you, of course, that you cannot quote directly from the song, copyright and all that.)
Inspiration point
The Out of Body Secret
Having had the letter from Grace, we were prepared for her phone call. “Your dad is not doing well. I think you had better come home,” she said...
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My Mother Myself

A Monday in the long, hot summer of 1983, headed for Tooting Bec Asylum.
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Stuck in the middle (I.P.)

Clowns are usually small in stature (besides that they are a little chubby too) but this clown in the town of Valencia was over two meters long (and...
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Christmas Round Robins (IP)
No Robin rubbin’, feathers ruffling … Like a face-book page it may get trite, artificial, trivial, and sounding over-bright, how much to say? should keep it brief, and remember some recipients may be struggling with grief
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Round Robin (IP)
I saw a robin, round and red. “I think I’ll draw that bird”, I said. I drew a circle for a head; a beak and eyes of blue. I drew its body, red and...
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