One Too Many?

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Whilst trying to cope with a co -writer's obsession*with coincidences l have suddenly been prey to a raft of the things - in variety and scale<br /> and not only are they (of course) pertinent but they seem to be revitalising me<br /> and I am nearly expecting them.<br /> So you will want at least one example:<br /> l work as a published author at home and move from task to task and very often just when `<br /> l get going on a new task the phone rings or a visitor arrives.<br /> One more: just as l was starting the task of writing this response my daughter arrived with fudge made very close to the only place in Scotland my late mother visited but where neither me or my daughter have ever set foot in though she and l are both otherwise fairly well-travelled.<br /> Another one - just returned from Hoy having visited the naval museum there. On returning home I immediately learnt that a close friend's mother featured in one of the museum's subjects, the wartime canteen on the island.<br /> Or am l just losing the plot like my erstwhile pal?<br /> If so<br /> what a coincidence!
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Date submitted:Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:44:32 +0000Coincidence ID:7882