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Puff and scatter!
Beautiful sphere of fairy parachutes to puff and fly away and one infect a sward’s smooth place with bursting taproot strong and long establishing...
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Redeemed from the gloom
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Some claim that the gospel is fake – what a foolish and dangerous mistake! … Do come, find this freedom and light redeemed from the gloom of the night.…
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What's the opposite?
Heavy and light, black and white, hot and cold , young and old, fast and slow, up high , or down below : how many opposites do you know? The giraffe...
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Where's the Z?
[This is a rework of a piece I wrote for an IP in 2013] Some like the stress, and mental strategies of chess; but my mother and I liked to dabble in playing scrabble – try for a double …
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103, not out!
Some days she sleeps all day – quite determined; other days she’s just sleepy. After five days wakeful she slept all day the day before her birthday...
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Neat! and reminiscent of
Posted on Thu, 01 Aug 2019
Neat! and reminiscent of other tangles of beaurocracy and paperwork these days! My father-in-law used to be pleased to say how he hadn't got a passport, had never had a driving licence,and now lived with us so didn't have any utility bills, and...
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We enjoy holidaying in North
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019
We enjoy holidaying in North Pembrokeshire and walking the coastal path (no children now!), and were surprised when walking down near Broad Haven this year at the sight of all the tankers anchored around the bay - it seemed quite a way to Milford...
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I imagined you lying looking
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019
I imagined you lying looking in drowsy sunshine down through the grasses and leaves to the trickling stream in the first verse. And the contrast of the black beetles gave a good reading effect!
I suppose afterwards you are comparing the...
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There has been a lot of
Posted on Fri, 26 Jul 2019
There has been a lot of interest in encouraging the use of the language more and has given interest to schools using both languages. I grew up on the east side of Wales (Barry in the south, and Wrexham in the north), but then had some time out...
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Quite a thought-provoking
Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2019
Quite a thought-provoking rant – the ease of popular belligerence over fair assessment of all sides of issues, and of the characters of all involved and their mixtures of good and poor motives. Rhiannon
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I liked the feeling/picture
Posted on Fri, 28 Jun 2019
I liked the feeling/picture of morning-family rush. I wasn't sure of the meaning of the last verse! Sorry. Rhiannon
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Is it meant to be 'bathroom'
Posted on Fri, 28 Jun 2019
Is it meant to be 'bathroom' in line 4, Richard? Rhiannon
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Interesting description of
Posted on Sun, 23 Jun 2019
Interesting description of 'make-up'! and of the beauty from within which isn't deceptive or fleeting (Proverbs 31:30), and is a by-product of honouring God, and trustworthiness and a caring nature. Rhiannon
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You make a striking
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2019
You make a striking visualisation of a 'protective', inevitable hardness, not to be hurt, and likewise bound to hurt each other.
Came to mind Proverbs 27:17: 'As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.' which has always impressed...
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A lot of useful metaphor
Posted on Fri, 14 Jun 2019
A lot of useful metaphor going on here, Graham. Ties in with the parable again (though he did repent, just in time).
Fields of Gold are sewn With dreams corrupt The precious yellow fever Is hard to swallow Broken teeth, broken dreams...
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