Gary L
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And fiction is really fiction. Look at Kris’s title, for instance….. Also Carlos’s real name in the story could be signor Verdi…… oh, but actually he is an invention not the real life heir to Aida.
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I remember an elderly cleric asking me at the college where we worked what I had done over the weekend. On hearing that I had been to a formation on surviving abuse, he commented, thus: oh yes, back in the day the Church had a contact in the News of the World Sunday paper who would ring up on a Saturday pm if a priest was about to be exposed. “He’d be put on the night boat train to Ireland.” I couldn’t speak. pd he was the Spiritual Director of the attached seminary…. (Mid nineties)
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The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
Yep, some things just turn up and priorities change. I hope all goes well for your Grandma. X -
The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
Rain, rain and more rain here but next Sunday to pre Pyrenees for a week. Just us, the evil duo and lots of food. Tiny village, medieval church and bridge. Supposedly good WiFi 🤞 Tomorrow round trip to Madrid to take our friend for her cancer treatment, 700 km, 450 miles. She has to go twice a week. Friends now taking turns… -
A v spicy read! Pretty intense and with a surprise climax. enjoy!
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Part 9: I'll Just Watch (Finale)
Gary L commented on StoriesByTroy's story chapter in Part 9: I'll Just Watch (Finale)
Tracy’s presence added a nice twist, as it were 😟 -
Fun times ahead, it seems 😅
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As one of my history lecturers once said to me, “history isn’t always about dates”.
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Candidate for sharpest reply of the year! So funny
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Um, somehow I don’t think that a confident, Italian aristocrat from a family which once ruled Milan for centuries will go down well with Travis’s insecurities…. Our evil author gets more evil every week 😱
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The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
Off to listen to Handel’s Messiah in a couple of hours with a massed choir of 300+. Not my favourite thing to go to but our friend with terminal pancreatic cancer is singing in the choir. Yesterday she was in Madrid for advanced treatment (8 hours in car) and tomorrow again. She is an inspiration to everyone on how to live life to the fullest. -
A new one to explore….. 😈
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As is the tension…. 😥
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The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
AM feeling the creative buzz this week with nearly eight thousand words written. Mind you, it could be a case of what an American friend told me years ago. At Harvard back in the day, ha ha, a friend took so many uppers to revise that on the day of the exam he wrote furiously for the full time and left v happy. Unfortunately he had written his name over and over again for two hours….. dare I revise what I have written whilst possessed by the writing muse? Ummmmm 😕 -
She is a goddess
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An horrific but important chp. Uff 😦
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The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
Utterly frustrating in this day and age when mobile phones exist. If DHL can give you a clear, updated time….. Here, home visits are v rare indeed and the nursing team rarely leaves the health centre, unless for their break. -
It’s taken me a while to separate who is who but I think I’m there now… just I love the artistic feel in this and the Essex story. We go from wordsmith to watercolourist but the creative angle is there. I think that this, for me, is an aspect that sets @Robert Hugill’s stories apart. Hugely enjoyable.
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@Summerabbacat’s comment has left me slightly flustered, to say the least! Still, there is. Sense of mystery about the half-finished out buildings
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I’d put a bet on that it will! No pressure, though 😁
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A new one for me and the search link, thank you good dr, shows we have two luthiers in nearby villages.
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And vulgar?
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The Drop In Centre 3
Gary L replied to Mikiesboy's topic in Mikiesboy's Drop in Centre's Mikieboy's Topics
Just had UK friends for dinner. Now staggering to bed at midnight. I’m too old for all this! -
Well said, @centexhairysub Thank you for so many great comments during this and other books… Please be gentle with me when I start publishing my first longer story set in Spain during the last days of Franco.
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Yep!
