Ragged Clown

some posts about memories

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  Solitude

  A long time ago, I had a girlfriend and I used to sing to her.

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  The Spirit of Adventure

  The spirit that sent young men out into the world?

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  Travels across Thailand

  Jungles and Beaches

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  My health story so far

  I’ll start with some symptoms from the old days.

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  How I met your mother

  We met at the airport. Guess what happened next!

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  Tahiti. Je t’aime.

  Falling in love in French Polynesia.

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  Urbs vs Suburbs

  The Ragged Clown finds his home at last.

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  I’m leaving home

  I had a change of clothes, twenty quid and a St Christopher.

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  Naked in the shopping centre

  Have you ever danced naked in public?

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  Me and Paul

  We sure got up to a lot of mischief!

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  Things I’ve done that you (probably) haven’t

  Things I’ve done that most people haven’t.

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  I Was in the Navy You Know

  I was looking for a picture of a freshly inked tattoo…

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  Australia. It’s really big.

  Sydney to Cairns. Cairns to Darwin.

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  Lonely in the Automat

  I’ve always thought of automats as lonely, melancholy places.

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  The Naughtiest Boy in School

  Chapter three of my memoirs. Schooldays.

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  Life in the Falklands

  What would life have been like if gone to those desolate islands?

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  The Terrible Mr Gooden

  He changed the course of my life.

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  When our memories fade

  Those twilight moments between waking and sleeping.

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  Times gone by

  Inside every old person is a young person who doesn’t really understand that he’s old now.

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  I’m just a daydreamer…

  Chasing after rainbows I may never find again.

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  My Deepest Shame

  A meandering essay about shame.

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  Newlyweds

  Was it yesterday that we got married? Or the day before?

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  Crossing the Line

  Crossing the line is an important milestone in a young sailor’s life.

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  Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!

  Did your teachers leave them kids alone? Mine didn’t.