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Giant Redwoods

By marandina on Thu, 23 Sep 2021

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/giant-redwoods-mp3 Shafts of silver light cascade at twilight, a canopy bordering an evening...
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Autumn

By marandina on Sun, 19 Sep 2021

Autumn The Harvest Moon will reach peak illumination on Monday, September 20 The Autumn Equinox is on Wednesday 22 nd September 2021 Moonlight lunar...
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With or Without You

By marandina on Tue, 14 Sep 2021

We promise ourselves to remember…always. Sometimes memories can eventually be washed away like sandcastles on a beach… Dan Foley had waited for this...
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Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)

By marandina on Mon, 30 Aug 2021

This is the story I read live at the ABC Reading on 26 th August 2021. I understand not everyone could hear it due to technical issues so here is an...
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Ballerina Toy Box

By marandina on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

The boundary between the real and imagined world can be a thin veil Daylight fades, an ethereal twilight descends, I turn the key, music tinkles like...
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"..and boilers get busy

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

"..and boilers get busy
to make our homes cosy."

You capture the mood of the changing season so reflectively, Rhiannon. Some lovely imagery in here.

Personally, I don't mind the end of summer at all. I adore autumn and winter...

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Thanks for reading, Di. I

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Thanks for reading, Di. I think a lot more needs to more researched on this particular innovation before anyone can pontificate. In the meantime ...we speculate instead :)

[Hope all is well in your beautiful part of the world]

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"The summer imperceptibly is

Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024

"The summer imperceptibly is ending,
our path towards an end is wending..."

That's a thoughtful sweep through the seasons, Rhiannon.

Let's hope the last stanza comes true.

Very nicely done, as always.

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"Beneath this canopy of

Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024

"Beneath this canopy of oppression

Suppression, her self-hating cousin"

You have a penchant for using metaphor within nature, Jane. And you do it very well.

Layers within the lines and leaving the reader to arrive at their...

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I am one of those who listen

Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024

I am one of those who listen to Alfred N.Muggins. He makes a lot of sense.

I see there's a General Strike in Israel now with more calls for a ceasefire with Hamas. I guess there's only so much pain people will endure.

Keep up the...

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It's nice to be re-united

Posted on Sun, 25 Aug 2024

It's nice to be re-united with a similar texture and feeling to "Willow's Tail".

Coming along nicely.

Keep going! :)

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The meek shall inherit the

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024

The meek shall inherit the earth via the lens of mobile phone cameras.

Adriotly done, as always. Great story, great ending. 

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Some interesting thoughts

Posted on Thu, 22 Aug 2024

Some interesting thoughts from Alfred.

Yes, challenges aplenty for the new government.

I think I saw that Starmer is giving a speech next week talking about a 'societal black hole' to be sorted - another legacy inherited from the...

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"Look into the flames, and

Posted on Wed, 21 Aug 2024

"Look into the flames, and what do you see?
    Horses and dragons flash in and flee.."

There's a lovely rhythm to this, the words bounced along inside my head.

So many images contained and imagined. A lovely creative piece is...

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"This heat could make Prince

Posted on Sat, 17 Aug 2024

"This heat could make Prince Andrew sweat.." Yikes...that IS hot!

We are about to get the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto here. Temp is 20Cish. That's what you get for living on a wet and windy island.

"Bulgaria’s hot like a half-time...

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