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Bill Brown -Part 3 & Audio

April 28, 2020

Kate and Bill hung the last of the streamers and balloons from the ceiling in the centre of the tea shop.The pastry chef busied herself in the kitchen while the aroma of sweet spices and baking wafted out to the courtyard. Pretty set tables with brightly painted café chairs, and.....

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BILL BROWN – PART 2 & Audio

March 16, 2020

One year Later Bill and Kate sat in the window seat in a crowded café. He drank a latte and she an americano. For some weeks now, he’d been avoiding contact with her, even stopped showing up at the car boot sales. Silently he sat and recalled the day Kate.....

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Bill Brown (Audio- Read More)

January 19, 2020

Bill swore as he lifted the bonnet of his white van. Three times in the past week, the engine refused to start. “Bloody ex-son-in-law promised to fix the problem,” he muttered into the haze of rain. He shivered under the gloomy layers of grey that hung above him. And to.....

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The Pull and Magic of Cinema

July 26, 2019

“EVERY TIME I GO TO A MOVIE, IT’S MAGIC, NO MATTER WHAT THE MOVIE’S ABOUT.” – Steven Spielberg At the best of times, birthdays for me can be emotional affairs. Following a return to Kentish soil, and move to the Marsh, my husband who has been blessed with superpowers knew.....

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Taste of Summer Love

July 26, 2019

Every waking hour filled Juliette with anticipation, for she welcomed the long carefree days and nights with her love.  She floated through her parent’s fields of strawberries; the white flowers and the aroma of juicy sweetness, spurring her on. Balmy summer days, when her hands and those of her sisters.....

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