Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/ Writer, Publisher, Retired Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:28:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-Favicon-152-32x32.png Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/ 32 32 59298246 The End https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-end-a-memoir-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-end-a-memoir-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:28:06 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6427 I can’t remember if it was Hannington Point or… Whatever. But I remember clearly the Vic had an all day licence and the spring weather, or was it summer or autumn or winter, was warm clear and fine. It was good to be sitting on the small grass verge outside the Vic drinking beer so […]

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There is a Light that Never Goes Out https://www.grahamlawrence.net/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-a-musing-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/there-is-a-light-that-never-goes-out-a-musing-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:57:40 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6419 –Santa, the Man Mountain and a bottle of water called Virgin– Today in the cold light of day, I saw Santa coming out of our building. I never knew he lived there. His white beard and white hair lining his ruddy face, but today unlike other days when I saw him in the coffee shop […]

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The Face https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-face-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-face-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:05:39 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6409 Andy and I sat around a small table close to the fire or fake fire in the large lounge of the George surrounded by people of all ages and backgrounds. We were quiet and enjoying the occasional memory of school or occasional exchange of work story or comment on the football. It was a warm […]

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Luck https://www.grahamlawrence.net/luck-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/luck-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:09:21 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6400 Perpetual good or bad luck is something that seems to follow some people you meet on the traveler or expat circuit. It is not something all or even many possess, but a few seem to just be gifted or cursed with it. Bernard was not a lucky man. Maybe not as unlucky as British Steve, […]

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Betty / Beauty https://www.grahamlawrence.net/betty-beauty-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/betty-beauty-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:43:59 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6388 The freshly cut coriander roots smelt wonderful infusing the whole house with their virgin freshness as they awaited becoming some addition to a preplanned dish, and by doing so losing the extent of their odour, losing their power to totally overwhelm and becalm, losing their power to demand to be noticed but adding a more […]

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Sweeping Up https://www.grahamlawrence.net/sweeping-up-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/sweeping-up-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:24:16 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6336 It is almost two years now, and I suppose it is time to record the actual true events before they fade or my memory decides to exclude such things that don’t fit with preconceived and taught ideas typical of someone raised in the rational and heartless late 60’s and 70’s. It also seems fitting as I sit […]

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Lita https://www.grahamlawrence.net/lita-an-enigmatic-writing-by-graham-lawrence-she-is-a-mystery/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/lita-an-enigmatic-writing-by-graham-lawrence-she-is-a-mystery/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2024 04:33:29 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6295 … there she was again. Maybe thirty meters in front and about to round the corner. Sudden surge forward. I couldn’t miss her this time. And yet there she was at the next corner about to take a right still thirty meters ahead. I was determined this time I would get level. A sprint and […]

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Gerry the Deminer https://www.grahamlawrence.net/gerry-the-deminer-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/gerry-the-deminer-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:31:05 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6224 Gerry had issues; Gerry was haunted. Neither were going to ever go away. What actually caused the issues or haunting would never ever be known by anyone except Gerry. It is the natural way of some things. I was in a bar, in Jomtien, but to be honest it does not really matter where that […]

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Cock https://www.grahamlawrence.net/cock-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/cock-a-story-by-graham-lawrence/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:29:41 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6160 So, there was I crawling on all fours around a damp dark smelly room, dressed in rubber boots and rubber gauntlets, looking for cock. ***** It was a warm sunny day with clear skies except for the occasional tiny white cloud bouncing in the sea of blue. The warmth hit me and a first drip […]

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The Wedding Party https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-wedding-part-a-writing-by-graham-lawrence/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/the-wedding-part-a-writing-by-graham-lawrence/#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 06:31:41 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=6102 Ah, release! I glided slowly at first but then warming up nicely behind, and picking up speed. High, high, high above the low clouds, and viewed from above they were as cotton wooled carpet onto which you could step. A temptation. I wanted to take that now and walk and roll and play in that […]

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