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Clavicembalo col piano e forte
Posted by VeraClark on Sun, 12 Oct 2025
When I left, I referred to him as The Iceberg. The ex earned his title because I had a thing about glaciers. Back in primary school I learned all about them and became magnetised by their different shapes and properties; the most cutting one being the wedge - an iceberg with a steep edge on one side and a slope on the opposite.
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Please Follow My Instructions ( For This You Will Need a Blood Orange)
Posted by VeraClark on Mon, 06 Oct 2025
i)There is a blood orange on the table but it is not for eating. Citrus sinensis.
Blood oranges are the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation.
Your mother – before her heart stopped - stored blood oranges in the fridge. Liked them with a chill. She would use her broad thumb to gently apply pressure to the thick skin to puncture it down to the fruit. Read more
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Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point
Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point, posted with huge apologies for the lateness, by di-hard
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Our Story and Poem of the Month for September, very kindly chosen by Ewan:
Pick of the Month
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Circulaire by Bex Hainsworth : Review and Link to Buy
I am delighted to announce that Bex Hainsworth (our very own Mistaken Magic)'s Circulaire is out now and available to order from the link below, along with a review by marandina;
Firstly an introduction by Bex herself:
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One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay: Review!
I'm very pleased to announce that One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay will be out on September 23rd.
Ashton writes for ABCTales as mac_ashton and the story was originally posted on our site.
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We've had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email
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Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!
Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.
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Picks of the Month
Welsh Lessons-1
Posted by Ivan the OK-ish on Mon, 29 Sep 2025
WELSH LESSONS
April 1975, on the waste ground where the old abattoir used to be
“S’mae?”
“Sorry, don’t speak Welsh.”
“Just means ‘How’s things? We all say it here.”
“You Welsh?”
“No. But I’ve lived here almost all my life. I’m Nicholas…Nick, by the way. You’re Janice?”
“Guess everybody in the village knows that. Are we the first in this place?”
“First what?”
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