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On Numbers (10)
Pull on the Number 10 Who do you pretend to be Hurst, Pele, Maradona? ~ n.b. I still pretend to be Geoff Hurst as I was six when he scored his World Cup Final hat-trick. Seeing that on telly left quite an impression, but wow! to even think that one might dare to dream to →
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On Numbers (x.3)
To be the father of two gifted, healthy sons needs their mother’s love ~ CLP 24/11/2020 →
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On Numbers (x.2)
“They are not exes” I replied, “Each is part of me.” Each is with me still. ~ CLP 24/11/2020 →
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On Numbers (X)
“I don’t want to hear” She said, “about all your exes.” “They are your problem.” ~ n.b. Good point. Well made. ~CLP 17/11/2020 →
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On Numbers (Seventh)
Families in park strolling, talking and playing. Shops shut, people out! ~ n.b. Sun brought no heat with it and cold currents of air drew rheum to the edge of screen-tired eyes, but everyone who could squeeze into the park was there. People were enjoying the Day of Rest during which only “essential” shops were →
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On Anger (Finally)
And then, when it’s gone it can’t be explained only confusion remains ~ CLP 22/11/2020 →
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On Numbers (30)
It is but a month Winter Solstice approaches Darkness leads to Light ~ CLP 21/11/2020 →
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On Numbers (More)
It’s said pathogens Have one aim; to reproduce. We no different. ~ n.b. Dress life up as we might, but without children we have no legacy; we die out as a species. All we do has no meaning without the generations that follow. We are otherwise just marking time. The sociability of humanity is how →
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On Numbers (ChAdOx1 nCov-19)
Vaccination known by this code offers us hope don’t forget the cost ~ n.b. Not a number as much as a label for the latest vaccine that is thought to be able to generate antibodies and T cells that will adapt to protect most of us from Covid-19. The numbers are important: the 1 denoting →
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On Numbers (pp269)
Enough to take me back to childhood news stories of divided Ireland. ~ n.b. Iain Cobain’s book, Anatomy of a Killing (Life and Death on a Divided Island) is an important book that helps explain why the Good Friday Agreement is important. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter explained to a large extent, →
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