A Nearly Man Story (2) Tulsa was stunning, everything a man could wish for: beautiful, fun, clever; so why, after 24 hours, was this happening? Love is an unpredictable thing.
Sometimes a chance encounter can work. Just a short story that I liked when I thought of it, so I thought I'd share it. It started off from updating the film and then went its own way (if you've not seen the film - it's slow, sad, touching and describes unfulfillment very well).
Mike would have been a skinhead in earlier times. He was firm in his beliefs, views that were not regarded as acceptable in a liberal democracy. But he did his job okay. Then Judith from Jamaica joined the team. Just a very short story of how a bit of lust can help convert people.
What are the odds that two motorhomes of the same exclusive model type would turn up in this out of the way site? What are the odds that one is full of one person and the other has a couple of thugs on the run? These things happen, no harm done... unless the thugs are expecting a pretty visitor.
Simon Peters (18) has to spend his summer with his Great Aunt Jo. Josephine Barker (70+) has engaged a companion - Susan (24) - because none of her family care about her, only her money.
Who was the greatest soldier in British history? William The Conqueror? No. Prince Rupert or Oliver Cromwell? No. Who then? Read on. In the late 12th Century, the monks claimed they had found two graves. In fact they found one, a woman's, in the man's grave was on a vellum manuscript in a lead lined casket. They needed two bodies to draw in pilgrims and money, so the story began to evolve. Here is a translation of the manuscript, long lost and only recently rediscovered.
Craig Smalls - an annoying, unimportant, useless piece of dog shit on the bottom of your shoe. But even smalltime crims deserve a defence, especially with a mother like he had.
