...and then I'll stop it :D but for now....


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There is a poll.
THE poll.
Me against two incredibly talented writers.
Want to help me win? Vote!

And I'd be very grateful for any pimping to your friends too :)

“Is it still far?” I finally dare to ask.

I am so tired. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, my bones are wary.

But there is only silence, all around.

We trudge on, knowing what expects us, but not when, or where.

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I swear, I have gone to bed yesterday evening, convinced that I'd wake up looking at LJ Idol from outside ( Read more... )

Marie never stays long.

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They were supposed to arrive on the train at 3:35 pm.

It was an unusually sunny and warm day for February 1st, back in 2016.

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The ‘Overton window’ is a model of how a combination of new knowledge, public focus and discussion can move once radical and unthinkable ideas from outside of the frame of discourse into the mainstream opinion, ending up as acceptable and often government policy.

Unthinkable

Germany, 1963

Both my father and my mother smoke. Their house is always ( Read more... )

It was this exact day 37 years ago, the 12th of August 1983, when I fully embarked on my road towards a feckless life.

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We are a family of singers.

Most of us have nice voices and carry a tune well.

And even if I was such a peculiar child, in this aspect, I was part of the fold.

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The second half of fionnabhar's meme - original here:  https://fionnabhar.livejournal.com/1825796.html

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