real life Archives - Graham Lawrence

There is a Light that Never Goes Out

Graham Lawrence — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:57:40 +0000

–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

Graham Lawrence — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:05:39 +0000

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

Graham Lawrence — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:09:21 +0000

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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Sweeping Up

Graham Lawrence — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:24:16 +0000

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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Gerry the Deminer

Graham Lawrence — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:31:05 +0000

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

Graham Lawrence — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:29:41 +0000

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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Cowboy

Graham Lawrence — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:33:15 +0000

Manchester Andy, now there is someone to remember from the Cowboy days. He had an art degree, two in fact. He was also a real practicing artist producing paintings and sculptures at a prodigious rate. The styles of these were quite conservative and maybe not to everyone’s taste. Not being an artist, I am far […]

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The Eggman

Graham Lawrence — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:12:28 +0000

It was around seven or eight years ago that I first noticed him, this aging man. Quite exactly how old he was, was hard to tell as he had the start of a curved back and looked constantly at the floor with his bewhiskered jowls hanging from each side of his mouth. His hair was white or silver, but […]

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Jesus

Graham Lawrence — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:40:16 +0000

When I was a child my sister had this picture bible for kids, which had been given to her by her god mother. It was a large hardback book with many pictures and some chosen stories extracted from the bible such as Moses and the parting of the waves, some parables, Jesus and the feeding […]

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Family

Graham Lawrence — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 05:33:09 +0000

Nim was a family man. Like many poor farmers in the villages of rural Thailand he held strong beliefs. All he lived for were his wife, daughters, nephews and any other member of the extended family. Not a wealthy man and one who was blighted by every farming venture he tried turning to dust in […]

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