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Category: Life
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it began with a pre printed wooden board rectangular with lots of little pieces on it an octagonal base my starting point as the pieces popped out in order following the paper plan that the designer laid out for me a three dimensional puzzle that would end up….as a map of the planets with a…
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Brightly coloured wrapped box sat happily under the christmas tree eight pre printed wooden sheets containing cogs , gears, levers, and ramps and several silver balls to travel around the circuit of fun
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Big words you find in the Dictionary bring me out in a sweat Before i took a train to Newbold Verdon I wanted to avoid it – never mind Llanfair PG scrabble and countdown leave me in a muddle and its easier to get to nice short words then end up tangled in verbal spaghetti…
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#promptuarium #regret They always say its easier to let thoughts go than bottle them up Ambition – unfulfilled whilst others saw their rockets fly high in the dark blue sky Decision is made then it seemed a good idea mistake – learned with life here What could have happened, if you followed a different path…
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#City #Oasis #Wildlife #WDYS Away from the concrete jungle the noise of trading and transport lies a cover of trees where the birds meet and there’s lots of wildlife you and meet small fish and tadpoles under water intriguing a little son or daughter as they watch from a bridge over looking the lake and…
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#Fowc #Expectation There’s a fine line when you’re growing up between happiness and disappointment The bright colours under the decorated christmas tree hold a number of heffalump traps If you get that thing – you wanted santa to bring then rapture and joy abound If you don’t – then your rellies hear a different sound…
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#fowc #Havoc Having your younger relatives round is a bit like inviting a volatile tornado into the house for tea once you think they’ve settled in the front room carnage is being created out of sight
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The Final Hour Stood around in a petrol station going round shelves like a hawk and picking up odds and ends wishing the clock on the wall would go slower a bag of Dolly Mixtures and a paperback book are not the shiny things you bought last year but on reflection – it’s the meaning…
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Arrived in the town with skills a plenty carrying everything he owns to do his job effectively Problem occurs in that jobs are a plenty but rooms to stay in – at a premium
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#fowc #wherewithal Advancement always comes with Ifs and Whens climbing a mountain that never seems to have a summit taking control always seems to have another obstacle if i had the money – i could travel the world if i had a better job – i could save that money if i moved – i…
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