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Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – Comedian in Residence D.G. Kaye and a poem from Sally.
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Book Review: Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River story and cookbook by Robbie & Michael Cheadle
A great review of Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River story and cookbook by Robbie Cheadle by James J Cudney IV
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Christmas
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone who reads anything I write a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To be safe in a peaceful world is maybe too much to ask for, however, I can but try.
If you call this time of year by another name then please accept my wishes in the same way as intended above.
Daniel Kemp
The Death
The scribe scribbled on, long into the night.
His pencil dulled, as did the candlelight.
He shivered with cold and his fingers ached,
But he had a mission and it could not wait.
Life was his subject and this he knew well,
Now he had its story and wished it to tell.
His own had been lived to its utmost extent,
His mind was full with plenty of content.
He started at the beginning then drifted a mite.
He had re-edited and now the storyline was right.
He sat back and gazed at what he had wrote.
He felt a tear rise inside and he almost choked.
He had started off intending to write a happy tale,
But he had dwelt on too many occasions when all was not well.
With a sad heavy heart, he did rise.
Closing the cover to what now was his prize.
* * *
In the morning he rose and his book was not there.
He searched in a mood of despondency and fear.
Then he saw that things had changed,
Furniture had moved and been rearranged.
Where some sort of order existed before,
There were now cobwebs and dust-covered all but the door.
The entrance it seemed, had been used many times
The reason was in the corner, where sat many scribes.
He started to speak but they were all deaf,
He was saddened, disillusioned and bereft.
It was then that the notion entered his head,
His sanity was saved–he was simply dead.
© 2019, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
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Tagged blog, Carol, Christmas, death beginning, ghosts, house, life, living, poerts, scribe, the en, work, writer
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A Tear In Time
A second ticked by and not a lot had occurred,
The minute hand moved, and a voice was heard.
It spoke softly of love with pity and grace,
It promised to change this earth into a far different place.
But soon the hour passed and faith was held back.
Disbelief had entered and begun its attack.
Time travelled on and soon envy controlled all,
Until the closing of a day, and a tear it did fall.
It flows today as a sacrifice for sin,
Offering a way out; of the hell we are in.
At Christmas, that tear flows for all to embrace
Not just Christians, but the whole human race.
© 2019, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
FREE Holiday Special for Mystery Lovers
From Debbie De Louise
Looking for a last-minute gift? My psychological mystery, Sea Scope, featuring a murder by a lighthouse, is FREE from Saturday, December 21 to Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas). Pick up a copy here: mybook.to/SeaScope
Sarah Collins needs an escape. Mourning her brother’s death and the impending breakup of her marriage, she accepts an invitation to return to her childhood home in South Carolina, where her family operated an inn.
She hasn’t been back to Sea Scope for twenty years; not since she and her brother Glen discovered a body by the nearby lighthouse. She never understood why her parents left Sea Scope so suddenly, or the reasons behind her father’s suicide.
After Sarah returns to the inn, she faces long-buried memories, text messages and strange clues. Something is not right in Sea Scope.
Reunited with people from her past, she tries to figure out what’s going on in her childhood home. As…
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Strategy Page’s Military Humor and more….
Some military humour that makes good sense
Military Common Sense Rules
A lot of life’s problems can be explained by the U.S. Military and its applications of common sense …
- “Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.”
(Paul Rodriguez) - “A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what’s left of your unit.”
(Army’s magazine of preventive maintenance ). - “Aim towards the Enemy.”
(Instruction printed on US M79 Rocket Launcher) - When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
(U.S. Marine Corps) - Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.
(U.S. Air Force) - If the enemy is in range, so are you.
(Infantry Journal) - It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
(US Air Force Manual) - Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never…
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Is there a writer in your life? Treat them to an experience at a bargain price that will last long after Christmas Day
A thoughtful gift for the writer in your life.
You’re busy so I won’t waffle…
Bestselling novelist Sarah Rayner and I have been running Saturday workshops in her lovely Brighton home since the summer. We love doing it and the people who have come along love it too. (Scroll down to the bottom to find out what they’ve said about our workshops…)
We have FIVE dates lined up for 2020 and if you buy a place before the end of December it will only cost £32 – the usual price is £40. (Of course it doesn’t have to be for someone else. Perhaps you should think about treating yourself . It could be an empowering start to the new year and a new decade.)
The £32 price includes:
Three and a half hours of expert tuition
A wonderful vegetarian lunch provided by a professional chef (Sarah’s husband Tom)
The opportunity to send us up to 1000 words before the…
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No Fear
Inexplainable feelings leading to fathomless pits.
Memories that haunt you, hallucinating trips.
Terrors that scream with no sound to their name.
Silent echoes resounding in hidden shame.
Untouchable feelings within depths that descend.
Memories remaining, never closing an end,
Life holds no answers as to where you can hide?
Pain lived in misery when surrounded by lies!
Live your nightmares far from view.
Lock them away in a place known by few.
Toss the key into the Lethe then turn and fade
Walking upright without fear; totally unafraid.
© 2017, Danny Kemp All rights reserved.
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Tagged agent, Courage, depths, fear, internet, legends, Lethe, Mythology, nightmares, scream
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Christmas Gift
WANT A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT LASTS?
Take your pick from the 9 novels listed on my Amazon author page. Gift a whole Series, an Audiobook or Gift a Paperback. All are here.
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Tagged audiobooks, books, Christmas, gifts, ideas, imagination, internet, Kindle, reading, series, Shopping, Xmas
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