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  1. The Mrs. 'Clause'

    The icy wind and blowing snow cut through me as I trudged along the sidewalk on my way to my job as a salesclerk at 'Kringle's Department Store'. The job didn't pay a lot, but it kept a roof over my head and food in my tummy. I was als ...

    - 2010/12/11 - 10:45am - 10 comments

  2. Cold Feet 58

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 58 Breakfast was not wonderful, but then we didn’t really expect something amazing in France. Nonetheless, there was a rose on our table for me. Today was a d ...

    - 2012/08/29 - 12:56pm - 6 comments

  3. Cold Feet 59

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 59 Catching up. That is always the thing that can delight or appal you, as you work through the mail and the gossip that has piled up on the doorstep. It was ...

    - 2010/12/03 - 6:35pm - 7 comments

  4. Cold Feet 60

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 60 I got the chance to catch up with Anne later, as she had taken the morning off for some church event or other. I have no real interest in such things excep ...

    - 2012/08/29 - 2:12pm - 12 comments

  5. Cold Feet 61

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 61 Geoff looked hard at Hywel, obviously weighing him up. I got the impression that he had more than a little protectiveness in his nature, at least where his ...

    - 2010/12/06 - 4:43am - 6 comments

  6. Cold Feet 62

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 62 He wasn’t putting it on as I would with Tony (mmmmm), or as he would with me, but casually, carefully, as a friendly thing. I was proud of my uncle at that ...

    - 2010/12/06 - 5:34pm - 7 comments

  7. Cold Feet 63

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 63 It was still a huge thing to me, though. Tony could rationalise all he wanted, but after everything was done, would he really be able to handle having two ...

    - 2010/12/07 - 10:47am - 4 comments

  8. Cold Feet 64

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 64 When we got back from France, I had a phone call. “Sh’mae, Sar, beth wyt ti’n ‘neud penwythnos nesa?” “Hi, uncle, Tony’s working next weekend, but I’m off ...

    - 2010/12/08 - 4:22am - 3 comments

  9. Cold Feet 65

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 65 Monday morning was another delivery day, so it was all hands to the pumps, apart from Andy. Despite his sudden advances into being human, he still had a bl ...

    - 2010/12/08 - 1:25pm - 10 comments

  10. Cold Feet 66

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 66 I realised I was losing it again when Tony arrived for the third time, and at that point I started trying to get myself under control. The mantra, ’not dea ...

    - 2010/12/09 - 10:18pm - 8 comments

  11. Cold Feet 67

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) A short one tonight. I have to work, but this is at least an offering. CHAPTER 67 “Yes, Sarah, I have been speaking to my Bishop. We have a sort of way out, that will ...

    - 2010/12/10 - 11:22am - 5 comments

  12. Cold Feet 68

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 68 I was tired, in that state where your eyes seem displaced to the back of your skull, looking out through long tunnels that feel soaked in vinegar. Enid had ...

    - 2010/12/11 - 10:45am - 7 comments

  13. Cold Feet 69

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 69 I cycled round to Alice’s place with Jim the next day, partly to see Alice, but mostly to have a word with my uncle, to see where he was headed in his mind ...

    - 2010/12/12 - 2:26pm - 13 comments

  14. Cold Feet 70

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 70 Margaret had sorted authority for compassionate paid leave for us, but I knew the shop had to be sorted in the end, so I made the trek back to Canterbury t ...

    - 2010/12/14 - 10:58am - 4 comments

  15. Cold Feet 71

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 71 This was starting to get silly. I had dug myself into a hole, it seemed, where almost everyone around me was pair-bonding, breeding, marrying or just worry ...

    - 2010/12/15 - 6:12pm - 4 comments

  16. Cold Feet 72

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 72 That was our trial. I had been wetting myself all through it, it was over, and I hoped never to have to go through that again. We had our celebration, I fo ...

    - 2010/12/17 - 4:51pm - 7 comments

  17. A Seasonal Tale

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) December 2010 Santa's Helper Story Contest 500 < Short Story < 7500 words Transformations Senior / Sixty+ Apologies Posted by author(s) In response to a suggestion from An Author, I cobbled together this silly lit ...

    - 2011/02/08 - 2:43am - 10 comments

  18. Cold Feet 73

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 73 The day finally came for our little excursion and we loaded up the car with bikes, tents and all the usual impedimenta. Even though it was to be Bev’s hen ...

    - 2012/03/16 - 8:26pm - 3 comments

  19. Cold Feet 74

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 74 I woke slowly the next morning, taking a while to work out who was snoring with an arm across my chest and a mass of hair in my face. Bev, of course, as we ...

    - 2012/03/17 - 3:35am - 5 comments

  20. Cold Feet 75

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Transitioning Senior / Sixty+ Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 75 Back to the grind it was for a week, and then we were off to the Registry Office for the first wedding. As blunt as that, it was, and of course by ‘first w ...

    - 2010/12/19 - 9:42am - 4 comments

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