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The Face At The Window

By mcscraic on Wed, 20 Nov 2024

The Face At The Window By Paul McCann Facing our family home there was this old house and every day we saw the face of a woman who always sat there...

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The Zero Harm Principle

By mcscraic on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The Zero Harm Principle By Paul McCann When he got to school, he saw the front office window was broken . There was a line-up of children outside the...

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The Bottom Of My Heart

By mcscraic on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The Bottom Of My Heart By Paul McCann The day everything came apart and his heart was torn into pieces was the day he made an exit from life and he...

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A Good Old Folk Music Night

By mcscraic on Mon, 18 Nov 2024

A Good Old Folk Music Night By Paul McCann The crowd came in early to the pub and slowly the session began with a few people breaking the ice with an...

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19 of my comments have received 18 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you for the comment Di

Posted on Mon, 21 Oct 2024

You're commenting very welcome Di ,

they were indeed , I was just a kid and came off one and had badly scraped

both legs . We had no safety hats then or protective clothes .

Nevrr got on another one again .

The...

Posted in Street Games From Another Time

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Thank you David

Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024

You comment is very welcome David . Recently I have seen some friends recird new music all done by Ai .It left me asking a few questions , Even the artwork on theior album was done by AI .Where is this all heading ?

The worry is people...

Posted in Ai And The Truth

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Thanks For The Understanding

Posted on Mon, 22 Apr 2024

Not many got away Turlough .

The fact that I did gave me a new life but still the old one

is always there and never fades .

We were lucky to get out however the trauma remains

Kind regards

Paul

Posted in Come Back To Ardoyne

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Thanks for this

Posted on Tue, 02 Apr 2024

Yes there were many eyes on the streets from lots of different locations .

Some people were too frightened to go out and just stayed inside always looking through a narrowly drawn curtain waiting for something to happen . Then there were...

Posted in Before Good Friday In Belfast

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Thank you for the comment Dougie

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

Thanks Dougie .I hope that your passport arrives soon . No application iis required as I'm told .

So many places to see as well .

Well worth visiting .
Kind regards

Paul

Posted in The Streets With No Shame

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Thank you for the welcome comment

Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024

How great is this wee comment ?

I treasure what said and if I brought that brought a bit of cheer

I feel that is the ultimate compliment a writer could ever get .

Thznjs Dougie

Posted in Moment To Moment.

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More power to you

Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023

I listened to you speak to those whose prose and poetry charmed and harmed all who dared to hear those words they wrote . I felt your wonderful admiration was beautiful and I'm sure they would have loved your company .

More power to you ...

Posted in Patrick Kavanagh and Me

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You had me right there with you

Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023

Just loved this , The expression of just what it was like to be a catholic in Ireland during times when everything was changing around us . No doubt yuou summed it up perfectly . I almnost felt the passion of when the troubles came to Belfast...

Posted in Children of the Absolution

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Thanks Dougie

Posted on Mon, 25 Dec 2023

Most people are laughing and enjoying the season of Christmas

but there are the forgotten and lonely who lock themselves away from the world .

There are also those who have lost someone dear and Christmas

is a sad...

https://youtu.be/WSoVBovSAUc?si=uhK0ekMmdMj--tF5

Posted in Christmas Is A Long Time Coming

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Thanks for your support L

Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023

I just recorded it on my phone . Will maybe record it later adding an arrangement .

thank you for the support L...