Enter Squishy Pino, the one who lived deep inside all of the layers that had been built around her of decades of having to protect myself from the damages of my world. It took some time to knock down all the walls, glued together with hurt, anger, pain and distrust, but with the su...
No long haul between one trip home and the next. I really wanted to find that world on the other side of the old wooden back behind the crush of clothes and coats. I can understand why I did it as a child. But as an adult? Why do we think another world would be more magical ...
Now I’ll admit I’m one of the rarer cases, but I’ve never got on with those bloody pills from day one. Over multiple experiments with different combos, the side effects have been constant, varied, and always unpleasant. The first regime sent my cholesterol soaring to 6.5 (not great ...
we advanced to the bedside, where we found him in his last agonies, supported by two of his granddaughters, who sat on each side of him, sobbing most piteously, and wiping away the froth and slaver as it gathered on his lips, which they frequently kissed with a show of great anguish ...
Slightly parted to the side, the waves emphasized her jawline and sultry lips. She can do almost anything with her long hair and manage to look great. During the Hairtamin red carpet appearance, Leyla’s jet black hair was a standout. For someone considered as the queen of hairstyles, sh...
As I was being consistently wrong about everything, as I am wont to do, I heard a mighty yell of ‘D haaa’ and smack, patu on the point of the jaw. Shut me right up I must say. Alan – Author (sort of, he had one ok book but the rest are all pretty crap) ...
The pain was back—by now an old and familiar foe—spreading down his arm, up to his neck. But he did not want the boy to know. He found a smile, said, “It has been more than three years, after all. Joanna grows im-patient—and I’ve never been one to keep a lady waiting....
Conrad, who also wrote The Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, and The Secret Agent (all of which appear on the Top 100), is regarded as one of the greatest writers to write in English, despite it being his third language. His stories portray the weight of outside forces—globalism, racism, ...
I realized there were certain things I had not yet in life, one of which was it would be like to live like a on the streets. I promised to do that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a by ...
“Dear Lord if it would ease your pain, Gladly my Cross I’d bear.” Well you see my Teddy is cross-eyed!” As you will have guessed so was the one I bought at auction, actually my wife was so sorry for it and with no one else bidding, I had to buy it didn’t I?