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After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
Previous messages from Moscow: https://www.abctales.com/collection/messages-moscow After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow) It was on May 9 th...
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After the Snow
After the Snow Sun sets over a sylvan skyline, birdsong fades on bare boughs, vulpine tracks of hunting paths, life crawls post Yuletide sprawl...
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Silent Mystic
January 25 th sees the first Full Moon of the year, colloquially known as the Wolf Moon. Silent Mystic Silver light cascades on a tree-lined panorama...
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Enoshima (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/enoshima-part-one-two Enoshima (Part Two of Two) On a fateful Friday afternoon, Kai was walking...
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Enoshima (Part One of Two)
Enoshima (Part One of Two) Some marriages aren’t meant to last. People meet in circumstances that create a fairy-tale; a confluence of chance...
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Such a wonderful walk. I wish
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
Such a wonderful walk. I wish I was actually there.
This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
Congratulations.
I have added a pic to promote your piece on social media. Just let me know if you prefer to...
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I'm wrapped up in it too.
Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2025
I'm wrapped up in it too. Looking forward to more!
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Read both parts.
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
Read both parts.
I see what you mean about 'salty sea dog'. It was pure coicidence on my part. Honest!
More consummate travelogue. I read about your part of the world and I yearn to visit. It sounds like a place of many wonders...
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Trumpenstein is an idiot.
Posted on Fri, 01 Aug 2025
Trumpenstein is an idiot.
The concept of trade barriers has been discredited numerous times over the years. And yet he uses them as a sort of electric cattle prod. The man is staggeringly incompetent in his understanding of economics. To...
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'..will he be nudged
Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2025
'..will he be nudged
or safe on his ledge til fully fledged?'
That's an evoactive, highly visual poem.
I have been watching a nest with baby seagulls in it for a while. Two birds eventually fledged. Sadly, I understand that...
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'...which
Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025
'...which
brings respite clear and sonorous..'
I love any lore connected with corvids. Raven, crows, rooks. The lot.
A graceful, eloquent poem right there.
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'Gulls seem noble here,
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
'Gulls seem noble here, hermits
not beggars all must be living with us; even were the sea
empty and their searching faith only, this place is better..'
Took me right there. Sounds like a stunning place. Beautifully evoked....
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Thanks for reading it, Di.
Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025
Thanks for reading it, Di.
[I'm on book 2 in the 'Dark is Rising' series. Very much enjoying.]
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Thanks for reading it, T.
Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2025
Thanks for reading it, T.
Yeah...5 months in now. One of the locals.
[Big day Sat 16th Aug - Aston Villa v Newcastle live on Sky 12.30pm ko then a wander down to The Optima to watch WSM v Chelmsford @ 3pm. Footie is back, baby!]
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Wonderfully surreal and with
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
Wonderfully surreal and with your trademark humour, Drew.
Hopefully, life isn't enough and you keep going!
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Congratulations.
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