It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
Wonderful narrative voice, endearing hero, great settings and interesting plot make this children's Vampire story your fabulous Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
So many brilliant descriptions! That strangeness of getting up very early and driving through pre dawn darkness, the specialness of pepsi in glasses from the pub where you stopped for lunch. I remember those :0) Your description of caravans like...
There was a program on the radio recently about the nuclear missiles in Cuba, which made me think of you :0) I hadn't realised that the Russian missiles were heat sensitive, so as Cuba is very hot and humid the Russian commander looking after...
I like your first two lines so much, showing how night time can seem like a different world, your walk home must have been very special, and your memory stays so clear between writing on a wall to writing about that writing here, even if the full...
I love the evocation of contentment and peace, everyone enjoying the sun, like cats :0) And your remembering your cock pit! Knowing how you hated school once you got there, is like Winter in bleakness and inevitability. My memory was intended for...
Wasn't only that bit! I loved the first entry too, about the lady who went to Woodstock, and that everyone has changed their minds about the euros because they are shiny, and the lady who was cross about getting other countries' euros, when that...
Congratulations! This is Poem
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
Congratulations! This is Poem of the Week!
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I am so glad you are carrying
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
Very glad you are carrying on with this story :0) You are SO GOOD at dialogue, really enjoying the developing relationship!
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I am really enjoying this.
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
I am really enjoying this. More than previous stories even. I like how it feels grounded in a real place, too
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Wonderful narrative voice,
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
Wonderful narrative voice, endearing hero, great settings and interesting plot make this children's Vampire story your fabulous Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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So many brilliant
Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026
So many brilliant descriptions! That strangeness of getting up very early and driving through pre dawn darkness, the specialness of pepsi in glasses from the pub where you stopped for lunch. I remember those :0) Your description of caravans like...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (12)
There was a program on the
Posted on Fri, 06 Feb 2026
There was a program on the radio recently about the nuclear missiles in Cuba, which made me think of you :0) I hadn't realised that the Russian missiles were heat sensitive, so as Cuba is very hot and humid the Russian commander looking after...
Read full commentPosted in Just in Case
"rigid, entwined with
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
"rigid, entwined with rambling ivy;
yet assembled for slithering motion
most strange."
Jenny's wonderful poem inspired by a woodcarving is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Let's Make Believe
I like your first two lines
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
I like your first two lines so much, showing how night time can seem like a different world, your walk home must have been very special, and your memory stays so clear between writing on a wall to writing about that writing here, even if the full...
Read full commentPosted in Long ago Thoughts
I love the evocation of
Posted on Mon, 02 Feb 2026
I love the evocation of contentment and peace, everyone enjoying the sun, like cats :0) And your remembering your cock pit! Knowing how you hated school once you got there, is like Winter in bleakness and inevitability. My memory was intended for...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (11)
Wasn't only that bit! I loved
Posted on Tue, 03 Feb 2026
Wasn't only that bit! I loved the first entry too, about the lady who went to Woodstock, and that everyone has changed their minds about the euros because they are shiny, and the lady who was cross about getting other countries' euros, when that...
Read full commentPosted in I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Tie-Dye My Raggy Socks
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