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English Country Garden
I could laze here among the weeds of the garden for a thousand years. Irene waters her roses next door, looking at me askance. I know you’re watching me Irene because I’m watching you.
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All phone calls after midnight are bad calls
(2500 words) Pyser Lee slept badly on Sunday nights. He worried about the week ahead, work. Having finally drifted off, he didn't want to go to the kitchen and answer his ringing phone. 'You have to answer it,' said Miranda sleepily.
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White Space (Words 4291)
White Space (Words 4291) Lee Walker pressed down, down, down on the list of names until he saw Taylor Ball. He hesitated then dialled. After five rings, a voice: "Lee? "Mate, yeah. It's me, Lee.
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A Home Made Soup (words 5891)
There are these days¦Long days, when the sun is bright and the air a scented, brilliant blue; birds are singing and the ice cream men give their odd musical vans one final extra special clean with a sponge dunked in a bucket of hot soapy water because they know business is going to be good on days like these.
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H/ The Ticket Collector
ch 20, 21, 22 (1200)
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Nice imagery and a skilfully
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Nice imagery and a skilfully controlled cadence..
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This is so deftly done.
Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021
This is so deftly done. Watched all of his films during the latest lockdown. Utterly mesmerising.
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My favourite time of the day.
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
My favourite time of the day. As ever, a lovely read.
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The years go by too quickly.
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
The years go by too quickly. Lovely poem.
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This is stunning --
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
This is stunning -- incredibly moving and tender and yet with a strong, consistent voice driving the words. Brilliantly done and takes guts to write.
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This is tremendous writing,
Posted on Tue, 06 Apr 2021
This is tremendous writing, Di_Hard. It sweeps you along.
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This is a treat. "The careful
Posted on Thu, 08 Apr 2021
This is a treat. "The careful politics of birds" is a brilliant turn of phrase. Robins definitely suffer small man syndrome (random fact: think my favourite discovery while living out in the countryside has been the song thrush).
Very...
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I liked this Luigi -- pretty
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
I liked this Luigi -- pretty sure a lot of people out there will feel the same.
I always loved that quote from Philip K Dick: “There will come a time when it isn't: 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore'. Eventually, it will be...
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A joy to read. Skilfully done
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
A joy to read. Skilfully done too.
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Brilliantly funny. Superb.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Brilliantly funny. Superb.
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