IN 2 PLACES AT THE SAME TIME How many times have I called out in frustration? “Wait a minute! I can’t be in two places at the same time!” I might be stirring...
Author - Andrea Kidd
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Faith In 1976, when Tim Severin and his crew set out from Ireland in their leather boat to sail to Newfoundland, they had faith. They had “confidence in what...
THE BRENDAN VOYAGE Tim and Dorothy read the ancient documents. Their eyes widened in wonder. Apparently, in the sixth century A.D., eighteen monks set sail and...
THE ROPE The rope was strong. Strands of fibre, thickly twisted, resembled the rippling muscles of a prize fighter. And this rope was using all the strength it...
CHAOS Why do I write? Because I hate chaos! Sometimes I find myself in a dilemma. I don’t know what to do. Whatever I choose seems to be a problem. Or, there...
HOW ABOUT SOME CHOCOLATE? Nobody had offered Bertie chocolate before. His mother had never allowed him to have chocolate. And quite right, too! Bertie was not...
EINSTEIN’S HAIR There’s lichen called “Einstein’s Hair”. I wonder if this is it. Whatever this lichen is called, it is certainly thriving. Growing and happy in...
MAC Mac was most endearing. I was captivated by his gaze. He was just out for his morning walk, but he stepped away from his walking buddies and let them pass...
A PROSY ODE TO WASHING DISHES Our dishwasher doesn’t wash dishes any more. I press the buttons and nothing happens. It needs a new thingummy – an electronic...
WHERE IS HOME? A tall slender man, with jet-black skin, sits on the parched dusty ground in front his new home. One knee of his long legs points up into the...
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