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A Requiem for One Man’s Life (Edited and Updated 2023)

By marandina on Mon, 03 Apr 2023

This is the story I read at the ABCTales Reading Event on 1 st April 2023. The original version was posted in 2004. This latest iteration has been...

Fantasy

Story

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Brean Down

By marandina on Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/brean-down Brean Down Gulls suspended in silence - mid-flight, gliding high over spume-dashed...

Nature

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Spring Skies (After the Dogs of Winter)

By marandina on Fri, 10 Mar 2023

For Skye Spring Skies (After the Dogs of Winter) Winter months since passed, spring promises warmer days, bee-silk daffodils sing ballads, cherry...

Nature

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Age of Empires

By marandina on Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/age-of-empires-mp3 This week marks the anniversary of Putin’s “special military operation”...

Unclassified

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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...

Posted in After the Goldrush and Before the Hurricanes (and the Floods, Fires and Aircraft Disasters!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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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...

Posted in Life on the ledge

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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.

Posted in A Poet's Greek Mythology

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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....

Posted in before Floris

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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!

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

Congratulations.

Posted in You are surprised as a published writer…

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Convincing dialogue and

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Convincing dialogue and engaging characters. There's your trademark philosophical musings made vicariously throughout the storyline.

A great read, Jane.

Posted in The Vale - Part 3

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Poor old Meleager - done in

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Poor old Meleager - done in not once but twice!

From the depths of tragedy arise wonderful flowers.

There is something magical about a mythical legend and everyday life.

Nicely done, Jenny.

Posted in Hollyhock Tears Or Whispers Of Gods.

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A killer finale, Hilary. A

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2025

A killer finale, Hilary. A den of vice at the centre of a covert operation.