Tag: family

• A Place that was Ours. Chapter Eleven – A New Page

  It was a reflex action.  The naked man standing opposite me in the corridor of my home was Mackenzie Crabtree – no stranger to me – a man I had every reason to hate.  My fury took over.   I half-pushed, half shoulder-charged him, thrusting my full weight against his chest and sending him staggering backwards, […]

  frederick anderson

  March 4, 2018

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  Chapter, Chapter Eleven, Domestic Abuse, family, fiction, Fighting, football, growing up, Independence, romance, Seminal, Serial

• A Writer’s Rant at Christmas

  It’s come around again. Somehow, every year, the media dredge up new perspectives at Christmas, incurring my admiration because  I confess freely I cannot.  Christmas confounds me.  Miraculous survivals, acts of goodness and extraordinary achievements are being reported on every side.  Why do I miss them all?  Why do I not know where every royal […]

  frederick anderson

  December 24, 2017

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  Cancelled flights, celebration, Christmas, family, Feasting, Goodwill, Present, sales, shopping, Stabbings, Toys, Traffic

• A Place That Was Ours Chapter Two. The Bridge

  I was staring down into the deep fissure formed by the banks where the town had met the river, long ago.  The water’s knife was blunted now, with neither fervour nor edge to cut its valley deeper, but the once-upon-a-time was easy to imagine… When coal mines prospered, the river’s shore was called ‘The Fellings’, […]

  frederick anderson

  December 1, 2017

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  bullying, childhood, depression, family, fiction, Friendship, growing up, humour, relationships, Rite of Passage, Serial, small town, society