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Rock Piles

Sylvia Shawcross We didn’t go here before did we? Come with me now. It’s a sunny spring day. You...

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A Guffaw In Need of Being

Sylvia Shawcross The rains of November are cold but the snows of November are colder. It is said that...

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Paisley Tablecloths

Sylvia Shawcross In late autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere when the wind picks up it is as if...

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Violins in a Musty Attic

Sylvia Shawcross There is a kind of dark twisted amusement that strikes me sometimes. I don’t know about you....

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Historical Hysterical

Sylvia Shawcross Anyways…. I was thinking about history again. I’m thinking maybe “they” are right. The ones who live...

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The Winter of our Dis-content

Sylvia Shawcross The Canada geese are honking now in great swathes in the sky riding currents to where the...

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Are there children on this street?

Sylvia Shawcross Come with me again? Yes? It’s just down this slate-coloured street. The sun so bright in a...

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Soul Muscles

Sylvia Shawcross Oh, the changing definitions of words we’re being subjected to these days. It boggles the best of...

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In the lands of the Dodo bird

Sylvia Shawcross Okay. The important thing is not to panic. It’s all going to be fine. We of the...

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Watermelon Watershed

Sylvia Shawcross So I’m looking at the watermelon and thinking about the world we live in. It’s one of...

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The Foolish at Night

Sylvia Shawcross The foolish-hearted people exist in this world more than we really know. The foolish-hearted people do foolish-hearted...

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Peacocks Paradise

Sylvia Shawcross Come with me now down this path. It is a path soft with the fallen frailties of...

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A Dog’s Technology

Sylvia Shawcross We are human beings. We are brilliant, superior adaptive creatures who have roamed about the planet for...

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Serf’s Up

Sylvia Shawcross Well its enough to drive you around the bend and put bubbles in your veins trying to...

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Cow Flatulations & Daffodils

Sylvia Shawcross In a stream of consciousness world there are no paddles for your boat. There will come a...

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Bath time for babies

Sylvia Shawcross Well it is possible to be optimistic about the future really. I know that’s a ridiculous statement...

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It is always about the children

Sylvia Shawcross I hesitated to write this piece for two reasons: I’m not a member of the 2SLGBTQI* community...

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No one is crowing now

Sylvia Shawcross It is the first time the crows did not come in the morning. Under the red sun...

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Death by Pixels

Sylvia Shawcross I am living out my days in what once was a forested community but now a growing...

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Sear the Fear

Sylvia Shawcross Waking up to the red sun in the morning when sailors take warning is a miracle nevertheless....

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