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I don’t remember the first time I met Dora. With other people I can sometimes remember where I was when I met them, as it’s that memorable, but with...

Haiku

My first teacher in the juniors was Mrs Burt. Mrs Burt didn’t like me. But, to be honest, I can understand why. There wasn’t much she could teach me...

I lay down slow, my bones like wax— and wish you’d lay yours beside me, in the fire pit. Flame would claim us, erase our tracks— while strangers sing...

Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...

Come home this winter I miss you dearly Come back for a dinner No need to be yearly Dust fills the room Where you left in a hurry The glass still...

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A book of a father’s instructions, desiring his child’s good health … So much common-sense, and word-pictures – memorable to stick in the mind …

In which 'Arry unearths more than anyone wanted, Gwladys has the job of covering it all up and Aeflethrith has an unexpected visitor.