ASHLEY SMITH
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Bio
England based carer, live with my wife, her parents and 4 cats. will write for all areas but especially mental health and disability. though as stuff for filthy seems popular will try there . any comments, suggestions or requests considered
Stories (185/0)
7 years ago I nearly died
It had been a full week with my ex, my birthday and we got engaged. Heading home after a great week we hit the central reservation, bounced across a dual carriageway and hit a crash barrier at around 70 mph. We ended up sitting sideways across the busy road with the airbags deployed in front of us. My ex looking through the smashed window at the traffic braking suddenly .
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Psyche
into the fire?
This piece came up from an incident yesterday. I have a million things going on, including getting married in 5 days. I was heading to town with my fiancé when we were stopped by pedestrians to be told there was an accident. My instant reaction was to ask if they needed a first aider.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Psyche
Blood bank
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window." Everyone who lived in the village remembered the old man who had lived in the cabin. He was a recluse who only ventured to the village every 2 weeks for basic supplies. The smoke rising from the chimney told everyone how he created heating and probably cooking. The stream running down from the mountain appeared to supply him with his water, the rack of animal carcasses seemed to show where he got his food from.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Fiction
Covid diary, day 600
To start with I had a positive covid test on December third 2020. I am suffering still and day 600 sounded a reasonable guess. It was a bad start, I found out I hadn't had a deserved promotion and went to bed disappointed. I woke up feeling rough and so took a covid test. Three days later covid was confirmed.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Psyche
Beware, low flying dragons
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Indeed they could usually only be seen with a decent pair of binoculars as they soared and dived high above. If they wanted to eat or sleep the villagers thought they probably went to a different village. They hoped they weren't the next village to be chosen if one of the dragons got peckish.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Fiction
Embrace the grey
You might read somewhere else in my writings that I am not a fan of fake. Embrace how you look, how you behave and what you like. Don't go with trends unless you choose to. On that note of embrace your grey hair and signs of aging, you have earned the wrinkles and laugh lines.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Longevity
Hillsborough disaster
For those not born or not in the uk the disaster might not be so well known. It was the semi final of the fa cup and was between Liverpool and Nottingham forest. It had long been tradition for semi finals to be played at neutral grounds, now its Wembley for semi finals and final.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in The Swamp
my first gig post covid
Finally after 2 years i got my life back with a concert, in fact now two. Money and a limited amount of bands I want to see usually mean around 10 concerts a year. So I was either building up to a concert or recovering after. The shut down meant a concert I was going to at the start of march 2020 and that was it.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Beat
TAYLOR HAWKINS
Today has been a very strange day. Last night after my shower i put on a clean t shirt , only wearing it briefly I decided I could wear it still today. Its an old UK Ozzfest shirt, on the back is the list of bands that played. Its the only shirt I own with Foo Fighters on and the only time I saw them.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Beat
Meatloaf. Top Story - January 2022.
Legend is a title given to many people , in many walks of life. Many too easily and for too little. I think one criteria is that everybody knows who the person is and what they have done. I think meatloaf counts very defiantly as a legend. Unfortunately it can take a death to remind you of how much a person has done.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Beat
Its a real book, honest
I come from a time when schools focussed on the basics of maths and English. Focussing on writing and calculating before getting to much else. It makes sense, of course, because that is the start you need for all the other subjects that school try and fill you up with.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Confessions
Trying to write a top ten
One of my favourite djs, ironically on a talk station, often mentions writing a top hundred of his favourite songs . Then the plan was to make a play list, sounds like a good idea doesn't it? The answer depends on how important music is to you and how much of your life it inhabits.
By ASHLEY SMITH2 years ago in Beat
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