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A Pause for Mrs. Claus (bp coyle)

December 25, 2018 coylewriter 1 Comment

Thank the Lord, he is off on his travels around the world. The one day in the year that he…

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Posted in: Humour
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Sloop John B (bp coyle)

December 23, 2018 coylewriter

The Beach Boys were playing on the radio. I remember that clearly. You don’t hear much Beach Boys in this…

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Posted in: Fiction
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The Longest Night (bp coyle)

December 21, 2018 coylewriter

1:00 am That’s fine, still got plenty of time to sleep. I need to get a couple of hours before…

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Posted in: Fiction
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Paper (bp coyle)

December 18, 2018 coylewriter

‘Here’s to us,’ we clinked our champagne glasses. ‘One whole year together!’ This was the first time in that year…

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Posted in: Relationships, Romance
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Outsourcing (bp coyle)

December 16, 2018 coylewriter

In the 1980’s Santa began to outsource toy production to sweatshops around the world. By the turn of the century,…

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Posted in: Dark Humour
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Spelling Bee (bp coyle)

December 13, 2018 coylewriter

‘Dad,’ she asked me, ‘how do you spell psychopath?’ I pondered for a moment. ‘P-s-y-c-h-o…’ ‘P-s-y-c-o-…’ ‘No, it’s c-h-o-.’ ‘Oh,…

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Posted in: Humour, Parenting
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How do They do That? (bp coyle)

December 11, 2018 coylewriter

How do they do it? How are they always so careless and free? Running around the playground without a thought…

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Posted in: Childhood
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2038 (bp coyle)

December 9, 2018 coylewriter

My grandaughter called over today, the youngest one. She’s doing her thesis on ‘The Fall of the Free World’. I…

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Posted in: Science Fiction
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Long Distance Love ( bp coyle)

December 7, 2018 coylewriter

There’s an old Tom Hanks movie about meeting someone (Meg Ryan?) on the internet and having a long distance relationship.…

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Posted in: Humour, Relationships
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Lodger (bp coyle)

December 5, 2018 coylewriter

After Father passed, Mother took in a lodger to help cover the bills. Mr Rice was an elderly man who…

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Posted in: Fiction

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