Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Bad Neighbour

Posted on April 28, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

Mark wanted to move my plants from beside the runnel to the balcony wall in order to paint the cement skirting of the flat wall from stairwell to …wherever. He wanted to move them onto Tina’s bit. I said he’d … Continue reading →

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Connor

Posted on April 23, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

Footsteps on the stairs were fast enough but too heavy to be Connor’s. I looked out the window to see a police van. A police woman came out the block and eventually Connor was coming in, slowly followed by her. … Continue reading →

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April Writers’ Group Meeting

Posted on April 11, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

Joined by John the Old, Jacqui, John the New and Kevin, after gossip, I began with John the Prison’s poems. None laughed at ‘ever so rare’. Old John thought the poems derivative but wouldn’t go so far as to say … Continue reading →

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The Tedium of Doing Good

Posted on April 10, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

Diana can’t carry too much at the one time. I agreed to help her do a big Easter shop. It was before seven thirty when I hurried her out rather than sit while she smoked and talked at length. She … Continue reading →

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