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DEAD FINGERS TALKING, TALKING
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DEAD FINGERS TALKING, TALKING

Part 3 8 January 2023

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Jan 08, 2023
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Dear Readers, my dispatches will always be free and open to everyone. I am unable to use my hands and I’m writing, via dictation, with the help of my family. If you could become a paid subscriber and support me, it’d mean so much.

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is make my coffee and go upstairs to my desk which overlooks the street. Around the edge of the desk I have hundreds of fountains pens, pencils, markers, I also have dozen of bottles of ink, in numerous colours, from the ludicrous to the sober.

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