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On Playing ii
Saturday at three is when the fun really starts Oh, yes! And the pain ~ n.b. A lifetime of training my body to endure watching Pompey all over England means my adrenalin and endorphins peak around 3pm on winter Saturday afternoons…what happens from there is a game. I used to play a bit too, not Read more
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On Playing
First rule of playing Learn the rules (in cricket “laws”) Then let play commence ~ n.b. The first in a series inspired by the laughter of friends, family and strangers. ~ CLP 16/01/2021 Read more
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On Memory xii
We watch heaven’s light until heat of evening chills sleep tight together ~ CLP 14/01/2021 Read more
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Lockdown 3 (Day 11) Norwich
The police at work. A flat on the local estate has sheets and towels hanging from the kitchen window blocking any sight of the interior. It has been a council flat where the children run about on the exterior landing, drawing on the stairwells with coloured chalk, leave their scooters and bicycles outside the front Read more
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Lockdown 3 (Day 10) On the Phone
I remember working in an office for a couple of years on the Heathrow side of London. I had to drive for forty minutes to get there, then in the evening with heavy traffic had to make the return around the M25 motorway. The return journey was always heavy going and could take two hours, Read more
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