Published in The Authentic Eclectic·19 hours agoThe SongLooking back across the steppes, we saw the endless grass sea break upon the foothills of our homeland. The sun rose behind our mountains and sank at their feet each night. We had to flee when the priests raised themselves above our Mothers. We moved on into the sunset. Looking…Fiction8 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Jun 24The Kind of Man We Need TodayIt was the beginning of the Dust Bowl Era. My Popsey was about 10 years old and lived with his Daddy the sheriff, and his brother on a small farm in Faunsdale, Alabama. His Mama had “gone to pieces” as folk called it then, when she was around 40 and…American South6 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Jun 21General Strikes Coming SoonAs the first day of the UK Rail strike goes on, #generalstrike has begun trending on Twitter. The UK is growing weary of the Tory Party. Scotland wasted no time pursuing a new IndyRef23 campaign whilst a weakened Boris is bleeding in the water. The Irish are not happy…UK Politics3 min read
May 30Fanny Trollope’s: A Spoiled Cunt’s ReviewRunning a restaurant — now that is show-biz at its highest form. Grinding work. Fanny Trollope’s is a small brasserie in Finneston, a very busy and hip part of the city of Glasgow. They have been there for like twenty years or something and I commend them on still delivering…Restaurant Review2 min read
May 18You’re All So Damn SmartI get on here in the morning and you all blow me away. Every single day.1 min readRyanMcGuire on pixabay no copyrightYou’re All So Damn Smart----
May 17Addressing You From The DrinkA Faerie waylaid me on the way home from the pub. I was taken into the grasses and lost unto Mankind for what seemed a thousand year or more. When I came home it was still Tuesday. I rushed to youtube to make sure Waterloo Sunset had still been made…Writing2 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·May 16Shopping With Daughters Is Hard Work, Y’allWe took our two daughters out for a bit of shopping and ended up piercing their ears. It was that or agree to sitting in a movie theatre for two hours and I would rather eat groundchuck nuts than do that. We were out for a family day. I took…Parenting4 min read
May 4The Only Thing Stronger Than ChaosYour consciousness.1 min readvisualsumo on pixabay no copyrightThe Only Thing Stronger Than Chaos----
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·May 3Abortion Should Be LegalGet your disgusting sausage-law hands the hell off of our bodies — It was 4am here and I was sleepless so I checked my email. There was one from my mother that I thought would be a description of her new home. Instead, she told me about the leaked draft of a Supreme Court paper about overturning Roe v Wade. For the…Roe V Wade3 min read
Published in The Judean People’s Front·Apr 2A Fist Full of ChallahsOr: How it feels making my weekly pilgrimage to the only Jewish Deli in my country. The Jewish Virtual Library estimated a Jewish population of 291,000 in 2012, making Britain’s Jewish community the fifth largest in the world. This equates to 0.43% of the population of the United Kingdom. Up…4 min read