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Bradley’s Christmas Wish

A cautionary Christmas tale Once upon a Christmas time there was a small boy* (let’s call him Bradley) […]

December 3, 2025 Uncategorized

King for a Day

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January 6th Oh yes it’s good to be a king (sang Mel Brooks) It’s a New Year tradition […]

January 7, 2024 Book of Days, Christmas, Culture, Epiphany, faith, Food, gastronomy, New Year, Traditions, Wishes

A Very Merry Unchristmas

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4 January (Book of Days) We should wait until Twelfth Night, but there are those businesses, shops, banks and […]

January 4, 2024 back to school, black and white photography, Book of Days, Bourges, Christmas, depression, France, Kids, photography, school, Small town, street photography, urban, Work, writing

No Toys For Christmas

Time to tell a Christmas story, because Christmas is a time for stories and every year I try […]

December 11, 2022 Christmas, Conspiracy, Kidults, stories

CHRISTMAS IS A LONELY PLACE 

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“Christmas is a lonely place” thought Bud as he sat back, on yet another lonely Christmas Eve, staring […]

December 24, 2021 Christmas, stories, Time Travel, Travel writing, writing

Bradley’s Christmas Wish

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Once upon a Christmas time there was a small boy* (let’s call him Bradley) who wished it could […]

December 17, 2021 Christmas, Kids, stories, Wishes, writing

Waiting for the Snowstorm

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A selection of Santas and snowmen, waiting for a shake

December 16, 2021 Art, Christmas, photography, Weather

Dad’s Story (Looking for Light)

I wanted to write stories for big kids like me. I wanted a story from a dad perspective. […]

December 10, 2020 Christmas, DIY, driving, Family, Home, Kids, Kidults, nonsense, stories, writing

Waiting for the Wise Men

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I waited in all bloody day for the Three Wise Men, but they never came. In the end, […]

January 6, 2019 back to school, Uncategorized, Work

Of Rippers and Strippers and Adventurers

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RIPPERS AND STRIPPERS Christmas, that wonderous and magical  time for the giving and, (you hope), the receiving of […]

December 27, 2018 drifting, driving, Gifts, Home, Philosophy, Road trip, TRAVEL, Travel writing, writing

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