Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Jeremy’s War: Chapter 5 “The Reception “
Ch.5 THE RECEPTION His driver pulled up outside a long, low building, and informed Jeremy his bags would be taken care of. Jeremy thanked him excessively, without realizing it. He was as yet unused to the quiet arrogance of the officer class towards the lower ranks. Behind his back, the soldier’s lip curled in…
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Jeremy’s War: Chapter 4 “To travel hopefully “
Chapter 4 TO TRAVEL HOPEFULLY Jeremy journeyed to France feeling a mixture of emotions. The decision, once made, after such intense soul searching, to go to war, had brought little spiritual respite. His mind whirred feverishly on. He was excited at the prospect of doing lots of flying, but nervous of new surroundings, new…
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SENTIMENTS
The day is ending in silence the birds have flown away only a few leaves are left on the branches in those neighbouring gardens. I sit silently thinking of you again only my special song is playing “sweet Fur Elise “-my favourite song dedicated to you, my friend… I was thinking of you that evening…
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Jeremy’s War: Chapter 1 “Sleepless Nights “
Ch.1 SLEEPLESS NIGHTS Jeremy Armstrong lay in bed, gazing up at the ceiling. Wondering. He took another swig of beer, and realized he was getting quite drunk. It didn’t matter. He had nowhere to stagger to. He was already home, in bed. Strangely, that was part of the problem. The coal fire had nearly…
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Jeremy’s War: Prologue
(Jeremy’s War: “Prologue “. A cinematic ‘trailer’ introducing a novel, set in World War 1…) A PROMISE The expression on his face was pure terror. The black leather flying helmet and the flying goggles could not hide the mouth that grimaced in a strange manner. At times the lips moved as if in silent prayer,…
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Kentucky Fried God-in-a-Box (part 2)
Following popular appeal from my regular readers, (all three of you, Jimmy is on holiday) I am continuing the experiment. I tell myself: “Fools rush in, where angels fear… to be read. “ KENTUCKY FRIED GOD-IN-A-BOX (part 2) I try to wander through this vale of… of…. flowers, with a balanced, good humored, tolerant, and…
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Kentucky Fried God-in-a-Box (part 1)
KENTUCKY FRIED GOD-IN-A-BOX Part 1: The Butterfly Do you remember when you were at junior school? Wasn’t there always some kid who brought a prized possession to school, such as a spider in a box? Or a beetle? Or, maybe a butterfly? The latter, usually stone dead from fright anyway, was sometimes stuck through with…
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Facing the Devil
(It never ceases to amaze me how much time is gobbled up when you write. It becomes alarming. Even though the ideas are vividly at the forefront of your mind, you can only translate them onto paper by investing quite absurd amounts of time. It’s true what they say: 1 per cent inspiration, 99 per…
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The Master’s Return
(I find it very interesting how differently people relate to the next story, and how they interpret it. This is a story I wrote a long time ago.It goes back to dark days, during a long, long hopelessly corrupt court case, which lasted for years, and about which I was trying to write a book.…
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The Modelmaker
(It’s always interested me how many people didn’t like the Modelmaker. He first appeared mixed in with the aviation stories in ‘Castles in the Sky’. Many were the folk who said it didn’t belong there. A prosperous young lady told me she felt the Modelmaker was a pompous ass, but added that ‘at least he…
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