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My 26th short story: “The Heart Of The Matter”
September 4th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
This week’s short story is really short, so give it a go. You’ll find it here.
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We are all migrants
September 3rd, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Originally the only humans resided in the Rift Valley in East Africa. Now there are people in every corner of the globe. How did they get there? Migration. So, in a sense, we are all migrants. Some may argue that this was a long time ago, but most of us only have to go back […]
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Catrin goes to Kenya
August 29th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Regular visitors to this blog will be well aware that I have a granddaughter called Catrin who is now four and a half years old. I first saw her on the day she was born and my first posting about her was that day. Since then, I’ve been very fortunate and seen her an average […]
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My 25th short story: “The Fall And Rise Of Benjamin Morris”
August 28th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
It’s Friday when I post a link to one of my collection of short stories. So, sit down, make a cup of coffee or tea, and relax for a few minutes reading here.
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Out of the mouths of babes …
August 26th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Yesterday, I viewed the new Pixar animation movie “Inside Out” again [my review here] with my granddaughter Catrin (aged four and a half) and a young female friend with her son who is a very similar age to Catrin. They are both single children. Afterwards the little lad wanted to go to the toilet and […]
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“Lonely Planet”‘s ultimate travellers’ bucket list – how many of them have you visited?
August 22nd, 2015 by Roger Darlington
This week, the “Lonely Planet” organisation issued a list of its top tourist destinations around the world. The top 20 were as follows: Temples of Angkor, Cambodia Great Barrier Reef, Australia Machu Picchu, Peru Great Wall of China, China Taj Mahal, India Grand Canyon National Park, USA Colosseum, Italy Iguazu Falls, Brazil-Argentina Alhambra, Spain Aya […]
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My 24th short story: “A Question Of Life”
August 21st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Having written more than 20 short stories some five years ago, I was emboldened to try one with a Holocaust theme. You can check it out here.
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My 23rd short story: “The Day Of Reckoning”
August 14th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
My latest dip into my library of short stories should interest you – and make you think. You can read it here.
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My 22nd short story: “Time To Move On”
August 7th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
For five months now, each week, I’ve been ‘republishing’ one of my collection of short stories. This one – like some others – starts with the realisation that so often we do not really know what is going on in the lives of our family, friends and colleagues. Check it out here.
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My 21st short story: “More Than Lust But Less Than Love”
July 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
We think that the one thing we know for sure is our own lives. But maybe we don’t know it all. This is the inspiration for my short story “More Than Lust But Less Than Love”. You can read it here.
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