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When did I feel safe last?

Can anyone help me? There is zero protection from Police or Council. Is this corruption or a cover up? Is it because I am Irish? This list of events is a work in progress- I am still compiling it. The … Continue reading

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Women are not safe in Scotland 2022

’Twas Peace we reaped, Lammas last. ‘The silence of the dogs.’ You declared, down the bottom of the garden under the Ochil hills. One dragon’s eye glinting in the Craig – high in the blue sky. Peregrine falcons have lived … Continue reading

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Open Court narrated by Orla Broderick

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Women and Crime. Why do women commit crimes?

Open Court, Alloa 2022 by Orla Broderick. Excerpt from creative non fiction nature memoir. June 16 2022 My Lord was small and white. His black robe hung well. As if tailored. His face was pinched. Like Soxy’s hole. Above him … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk Soil

Last week,at the new Reuse Hub, Stirling, behind Morrisson’s, me and the dog watched a woman heave a sewing machine into the sales floor, so we went over to help her. She didn’t want the dog under her feet or … Continue reading

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#SaintBrigid21

I weave reeds for a woman who flew with swans. I’m minded of Native American legend, of the woman who fell from the stars and created Turtle Island. She had sweetgrass, we had bog rushes. We share the same story. … Continue reading

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