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'The records of the Divorce Court, the annals of the asylums, the dates of the tombstones in the churchyard, all tell us of the severe strain put upon the system of the woman during the change of life.' 1874 JM Fothergill, the Maintenance of Health It's true! But it's not the whole truth and neither is it helpful to the woman of fifty-two whose husband has left her for another woman or a man now that the children are ready for independence and...

How can Anita Ekberg draw such little attention. I KNOW she got mine at the time and pretty sure she got Old Uncle Bill's attention as well. The story of Anita and Uncle Bill is the continuatiuon of Learning to Misinterpret Sex which won an award. The usual frustration with continuyity in composition. If you read the second one without the first, it doesn't make as much sense as if you read the second one after the first. It's like getting to...

A million years really goes quickly when there is no such thing as time. When there is no such thing as time 1o minutes underwater might as well be ten light years in space. When there is no time, there can be no answers so Gambar didn't bother to provide one as that would be hypocrisy. It's not the destination that Gambar illuminates, it's the journey so those along for the whole ride might be happier than those who read the last page first...

Two brilliant pieces this week. Congratulations to elsie katz for her wonderful transcription of her father's piece of life writing 'Shlamek', and to kilb50 for his beautiful poem 'The Wall' https://www.abctales.com/story/elsie-katz/shlamek https://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/wall The Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip - I hope you enjoy it! Lastly, don't forget our Reading Night is coming up next week...

Today looked like the conclusion of Gambar but when I sat down at my desk to wap things up three unexpected things happened. I realized that today was May the Fourth which led to the creation of an Intergalactic Holiday. Second I remembered something from my past and caught it. Third was finding a draft that had been hanging around and needed to be finished. Got' em done. Thanks to you 80 folks who began to catch up with Gambar. I'm gonna finish...

Not too late to get hip to Gambar. Two more installments (maybe 3) remain. I'm sayin' maybe ten people have gone all the way. Join the group that can say " I read it first as it was created"

Gambar began with 240 readers. Wdith every installment, the number of readers has diminished. Now that we're on installment 12 I expect about 12 readers. Pretty sure one of them will be Celticman. Sorta reminds me Ol Faithful in Yellowstone Park. Ol Faithful is a geyser that erupts every hour or so. When you arrive at the sight of Ol Faithful,it can be crowded or nearly abandoned based on how soon the geyser is going to erupt. By the time the...

Big thanks to Hudsonmoon for his choices for April: April Picks This poem grabbed me, tossed me in a spin cycle and wouldn’t let go until that wonderful ending. Bravo, longrunninspatula. Spin Cycle by longrunningspatula https://www.abctales.com/story/longrunningspatula/spin-cycle The List touched me in very personal way. It made me sad, but it made me smile, as well. I remember well the tears and laughter in my own life and this piece mirrored...

Nine days to go until our brilliant Reading Night! We have a fabulous line-up of readers and I hope to see lots of you there. All necessary information below, and if you have any further queries do get in touch with mark@abctales.com https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/abctales-readin... Blighters rock will be holding an auction on the night to raise funds for a very good cause (us!) and he's sent me the following to whet...

Yesterday was the Old Git's 91st. So a trip to Maison Schaufeld in North London was a have-to. Not easy, I always have to bypass two relatives that I have known for a very long time. The Old Girl always says 'poor Avram he's so depressed he doesn't want any visitors' and then there is my younger Blister who always makes everything into a competition against me. Last year I had taken time off work to see him, and she had booked him on to a trip...