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The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two)

Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/golden-fleece-part-one-two The Golden Fleece (Part Two of Two) Feeling slightly restless, I...
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The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two)

The Golden Fleece (Part One of Two) She who must be obeyed - that’s the phrase that sprang to mind as we meandered through Primark’s burnt offerings...
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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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These moving pen pictures are

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

These moving pen pictures are beautfully written.

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky pick of the day.

I have added a pic (East Peckham) to promote your work on social media. Just let me know if you prefer to use another...

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All caught up again. Still

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025

All caught up again. Still engrossed. 

I like the whole sliding doors theme then the analogy with photons sharing the same space at the same time. Kind of Pullman-esque (quantum physics in a fantasy tale).

You write dialogue so well...

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"..now I'm soaking up

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

"..now I'm soaking up euphonious

Sweet Smoke.."

Great line that one.

A dreamy reminiscense so eloquently penned. As always.

Topical with Glasto due this weekend. As much as I like the thought of festivals and...

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"..some blether and blather,

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

"..some blether and blather,
discuss, even fuss  –"

Some deft word play on display here, Rhiannon. Definitely immaculate rhyme and rhythm. Almost musical.

A poem executed with great skill. 

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I agree...Paul is a great

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

I agree...Paul is a great name :)

Close encounters of the best kind. Sometimes life surprises you. 

 

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Thanks for reading insert

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

Thanks for reading insert (and the cherries)

This is the wip I mentioned a while ago. It's my first attempt at a novel so this is the first draft opening. I started this in April 2024. Per Drew's expert advice, I've left it so I...

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A fair analogy. So much irony

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

A fair analogy. So much irony in who the persecuted were in the 40s and who the persecutors are today. Learn the lessons of history. Not everyone does, it seems.

So much angst, so eloquently expressed.

One of your finest, T. 

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Thanks for reading, Jenny.

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Thanks for reading, Jenny. Maybe the poem wouldn't have been written if I had got a pic. Who knows? What I do know is that image of them gambolling up the street together will stay with me always :) 

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This continues to be

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2025

This continues to be compelling and engrossing.

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

Congratulations. 

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That's a poignant footnote -

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025

That's a poignant footnote - we all suffer from the ravages of time and the change it brings with it.

A reflective mix of past and present adrioitly done. 

Great stuff, Jenny :)

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