Lidl is Coming

Apr. 6th, 2026 05:43 pm
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As well as a pub whose loss is to be mourned, there was a bus terminal plus petrol station/car wash thing on the corner. This was abandoned, then occupied by squatters, then reclaimed and finally demolished. Then Lidl applied for planning permission.

We have been waiting for our Lidl to appear.

This weekend diggers appeared on the site.


An iron fence through which can be seen a digger and pile of rubble.

Challenge 911 - Backed into a corner

Apr. 5th, 2026 04:52 pm
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Title: Backed into a corner 
Character: Jack, Andy Davidson 
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 300 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 911 - Crisis at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Andy is desperate to get a job and thinks he has what it takes. A triple drabble.

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Challenge 911 - Fitting in

Apr. 5th, 2026 04:50 pm
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Title: Fitting in
Character: Ianto, Martha Jones
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 911 - Crisis at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Martha Jones is more Torchwood than she gives herself credit for. A double drabble.

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Challenge 911 - Worse than a crisis

Apr. 5th, 2026 04:48 pm
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Title: Worse than a crisis
Character: Jack, Ianto, Rhiannon
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 300 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 911 - Crisis at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Ianto thought he was doing the right thing. A triple drabble.

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Challenge 911 - Second best

Apr. 5th, 2026 04:45 pm
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Title: Second best
Character: Jack, Owen
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 911 - Crisis at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Takeaway coffee has left everyone unhappy. A double drabble.

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Title: Love in the time of Cardiff
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Gwen
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 495 - Letting go at [community profile] drabble_zone
Summary: Gwen sees the real story behind Jack's grief. A double drabble.

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Interesting dream

Apr. 3rd, 2026 09:29 am
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Well, interesting to me, anyway. Probably not interesting to you. But this is my journal and I want to make sure I remember it, so here it is.

Unfortunately for you, if you care to read this, it requires a lot of backstory.

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Fossil Friday

Apr. 3rd, 2026 05:44 pm
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A long sinuous fossilin a glass case.
Plesiosaur fossil at Mancheser Museum

Reading, Listening, Watching

Apr. 1st, 2026 03:31 pm
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Reading: Just started a Georgette Heyer novel, These Old Shades. I'm convinced from what people have told me, and the many people I know who love Georgette Hayer novels, that I should be highly enthused by them, but so far all the one's I've read I've been quite take-it-or-leave-it about. Still, I persevere.

Listening: 13 Minutes to the Moon on the Artemis launch. I like the 13 minutes to the Moon series, though it has strayed a long way from the initial premise of presenting the first Moon-landing framed by analysis of the audio from the 13 minutes of the landing itself. In this case, I'm more than a little fascinated to know what they are going to do if Artemis II doesn't, in fact, launch as scheduled this evening.

Watching: We are a little moribund. We managed to locate Midsomer Murders on itvx, were pleasantly surprised at the effectiveness of Marmalade Sparrow's ad-blocker, and added Morse and the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes' to the set of things we watch when we've no better ideas. But I can't help feeling we should find something to watch that has been made in the last 20 years...

Dept. of Memes

Mar. 31st, 2026 08:44 pm
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Music Meme, Day 25

A song in a different language:

Oh, come on! Damn near every song I love lately is in a different language! 

Takes deep breaths to calm down

I will take this as a challenge, however. Let's try to find something that isn't in Korean or Korean and English. I don't know if I can - 

Oh. OK. I found one; I remembered it. And it's one I love. 

"Waters of March" by Antonio Carlos Jobim (also known, although I didn't know this until today, as Tom Jobim) is a bossa nova favorite of mine, partly because of the simple yet sophisticated music and the very striking English words - a litany of good and bad things that come together in the end to be about "the joy in your heart" after all those good and sometimes very bad things. 

Dept. of Democracy Rising

Mar. 31st, 2026 11:45 am
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Persistence and Promise

Bob and I attended the No Kings 3.0 rally closest to us, in Evanston's lakeside Dawes Park. Estimates later put the attendance at 2,000, a respectable number, given the lack of parking that the park offered (previous No Kings rallies were held in downtown Evanston). We left before the march, since our aging backs weren't up for it, but it was good to be there. One of the things that hit hardest for me were an incredibly long line of stakes with pictures of people attached to them, every one of them someone who died at the hands of ICE or CBP, either directly or indirectly. All those faces reminded me of one of the things we're fighting for as we try to remain a representational democracy; an end to murder, at home and abroad. 

More under here )

Magnolia

Mar. 30th, 2026 07:24 pm
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A blooming magnolia in a stree under a grey sky.  Petals on the ground.


This was the Magnolia on Tuesday. Then there was hail and a storm and more rain. Some of the blooms are still hanging on in there, but not many.

F-FW Challenge 510 - Swept away

Mar. 30th, 2026 08:22 pm
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Title: Swept away
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Torchwood Team
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,857 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 510 - River at 
[community profile] fan_flashworks 
Summary: Jack was hell bent on catching their alien, but now it’s become a rescue mission of another kind.

Swept away

Challenge 910 - Bump in the road

Mar. 29th, 2026 05:57 pm
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Title: Bump in the road
Character: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 910 - Crash at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Ianto isn't happy with Jack's latest news. A double drabble.

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Challenge 910 - Poetic justice

Mar. 29th, 2026 05:54 pm
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Title: Poetic justice
Character: Jack, Gwen, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 910 - Crash at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Jack's least favourite reporter is finally getting their comeuppance. A double drabble.

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Challenge 910 - Scandal

Mar. 29th, 2026 05:53 pm
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Title: Scandal
Character: Jack, Tosh
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 910 - Crash at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Tosh has been given a monster of an assignment this time around. A double drabble.

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Challenge 910 - One for the road

Mar. 29th, 2026 05:51 pm
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Title: One for the road
Character: Ianto, Gwen
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 300 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 910 - Crash at [community profile] torchwood100
Summary: Gwen and Ianto have had a long day and just need some sleep. A triple drabble.

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Title: Well rested
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 494 - Rest at [community profile] drabble_zone
Summary: Ianto knows the value of a good night's sleep. A double drabble.

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"Cyberman"

Mar. 26th, 2026 11:24 am
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Title: "Cyberman"
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters: Amy Pond, Rory Wiliams
Rating: T
Genre: General
Word Count: 406

Summary: In a graveyard in London, Missy is presenting the Doctor with the gift of an army. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond....

Read it on AO3.

Author's Notes: I started this one just after "Dark Water"/"Death in Heaven" aired but never finished it because I thought, no one wants to think about this. But yesterday, [personal profile] romanajo123 showed me Big Finish's announcement of a Torchwood audio with Cyber-Ianto on the cover. Now, who knows what BF actually did (it's probably just Ianto having to dress up as a Cyberman; they've done this kind of thing before), but it got me thinking about how Ianto actually was cyberized and reminded me of this story. Modern Shivver has no qualms about offending people with her stories, so I finished it up and here it is!

But think about it, this is entirely canon: the Cyber-pollen hit every cemetery in the world, so every beloved character who died before this episode was cyberized: not just the Brigadier but Amy, Rory, Sarah Jane, Ianto, to name a few. So, here's the story of two of them.

And just saying, I love it when I get to put "Major Character Death" on a fic. Plus, this also has the F/M relationship tag. 400 words and it hits both ends of the spectrum.

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