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April Roundup


NNEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!! That is approximately how fast April seems to have gone past to me. We have been crazy busy what with the Easter holidays as well - it feels like we've barely sat down all month. The start of the month was a bit of a sickly one for Arthur and I. Mostly Arthur -… Continue reading April Roundup

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Tidbit Tuesday – New Dusk


'I know what it is even before I pick it up and open it, but I do it anyway, leafing through the pictures of torture, death and crime - some ancient line drawings, some photographs. Written in looping cursive on the first page is the creed of the people who worship and aspire to such… Continue reading Tidbit Tuesday – New Dusk

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Tidbit Tuesday – Tell No One


'We ate at a crummy Chinese restaurant with a Chinese waiter who spoke only Spanish. Shauna, dressed impeccably in a blue suit with a neckline that plunged like Black Monday, frowned. "Moo Shu pork in a tortilla shell?" "Be adventurous," I said. We met our first day of college. Someone in the registrar's office had… Continue reading Tidbit Tuesday – Tell No One

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Tidbit Tuesday – Elizabeth is Missing


'In front of me is a hole, a hole that I've been digging, in the middle of the green garden carpet. And suddenly I can't think what I'm doing here, what it is I'm looking for. For a moment I'm too frightened to move, not knowing what I might do next. It could be anything:… Continue reading Tidbit Tuesday – Elizabeth is Missing

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Tidbit Tuesday – Strange The Dreamer


Names may be lost or forgotten. No one knew that better than Lazlo Strange. He'd had another name first, but it had died like a song with no one left to sing it. Maybe it had been an old family name, burnished by generations of use. Maybe it had been given to him by someone… Continue reading Tidbit Tuesday – Strange The Dreamer