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David Mclaughlan
Jun 17, 20231 min read
ALL THE LOVE... AND THEN SOME!
In this week's People's Friend -
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David Mclaughlan
Jun 15, 20231 min read
QUIET AS IN...
... a stone memorial to a world that once was wilder ... growth ... a castle that has outgrown its ghosts - but never the pigeons ... the...
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David Mclaughlan
Jun 12, 20232 min read
NOT QUIET AS IN QUIET
In the podcast Poetry Unbound Padraig O' Tuoma (https://www.padraigotuama.com) talks about his love for certain words, but the...
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David Mclaughlan
Jun 10, 20231 min read
GIRL COUSINS
A Note - Written, In Turns, By Two Girl Cousins Who Are Sleeping Over And Don't Want To Be Heard Talking (But Who Left The Note Under A...
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David Mclaughlan
Jun 8, 20231 min read
WHO'D WRITE ABOUT YOU?
I met Maddy (or Maddie, or Magdalene) when I stopped in a new place for lunch. Her energy so impressed me I did what I rarely do, I told...
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David Mclaughlan
Apr 20, 20232 min read
REJUVENATION
The flash fiction prompt for the next issue of Mslexia is 250 words on "Rejuvenation". I can't send this in because I'm not a "woman who...
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David Mclaughlan
Apr 15, 20231 min read
THOSE LESS-THAN-PERFECT MOMENTS
From The People's Friend 15 04 23
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David Mclaughlan
Mar 30, 20231 min read
A GENTLER READ
Two issues gone out into the world, and subscriptions for A Kinder World have reached (gasp!) double figures! It's also being posted...
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David Mclaughlan
Mar 22, 20231 min read
Pop-it To Perfection
This took a while to get to publication. Remember Pop-its? And Fidget-spinners?
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David Mclaughlan
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Betwixt and Between
For every child who had to go first.
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David Mclaughlan
Jan 18, 20232 min read
WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK
"You're not thinking of crashing through that, are you?" I'd seen him a few moments before. The manic energy and the clothes he wore...
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David Mclaughlan
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Famous - Kinda
When you pop in for a loaf and discover you are famous (briefly and kinda) up and down the country!
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David Mclaughlan
Jan 6, 20231 min read
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT - THEN STAND BACK
I might watch The Banshees of Inisherin tonight. No great writing news there. But, there is this thought. I was told the plot of the...
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David Mclaughlan
Jan 5, 20231 min read
YOUR DISPLAY CABINET
A good writing start to 2023. In The People's Friend.
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David Mclaughlan
Oct 10, 20221 min read
KISS OR CRINGE
A little home-made sermon by Reverend Yours-Truly. From this week's People's Friend.
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David Mclaughlan
Oct 3, 20221 min read
EVIL ROBOTS FROM SPACE
My two-and-a-half-year-old grandson is a big Buzz Lightyear fan. This was inspired by a comment he made. Now, I'm thinking of doing...
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David Mclaughlan
Sep 30, 20221 min read
FOUND! ON MY BOOKSHELF
The magazine The Simple Things is running an article on Found Poetry. The idea is that you look at your book shelves, your music...
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