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Madame Butterfly
Introduction This is a short series of stories based on stories shared with me by Vocal friends. The first one is from Brent Millis and is called, erm, Jizzemboweler (Part 01). Because of its location in Japan and the fact, that there is a dastardly figure involved it made me recall Pinkerton and how he treated Cio Cho San in
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
Some Personal Observations on How We Learn From Experience
Introduction - Why I Am Writing This I am currently reading the “Riverworld” books by Philip José Farmer and am up to “The Dark Design” which is the third book in the series. I did a story about the overall series that you can read below.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Humans
To Love Yourself
When I see posts on a Facebook Vocal thread mine is usually the one that has no reactions though everyone else has one. Often that reaction is mine, so I have started loving my own posts so I don’t feel ignored. It’s not cheating, but we all have to have confidence in ourselves and love our work. This is a butterfly cinquain about this situation.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
Preternatural by Moulettes
Introduction - An Album That I Almost Never Played I am not sure why I bought this album, in fact, it was on my Discogs store because I didn’t think I would listen to it again. Then I just put it on and got blown away by the opening song, which is absolutely monstrous in a very impressive way. It has been described as progressive pop and the album impressed a lot of progressive rock journalists on its release in 2017.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
The Scooter
I kept seeing those orange electric scooters and the first time I loaded the app, it seemed a bit expensive for me for what you got, So I deleted it and decided the bus and shanks pony would be enough for me, but seeing kids and adults speeding around on them made me think it might worth trying just for local journeys where the bus is either infrequent or non-existent.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Fiction
A Joyful Feline
A Feline Introduction The title is a play on words. Yesterday I was feeling really down due to a hospital visit, worry about the outcome and when I actually got there my appointment was over an hour late, and I was sure t least two people came after me but were seen before me by the consultant but that was probably just a paranoid delusion.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Petlife
