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Needed – Dads!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] O, where have all the fathers gone? Unvalued? pushed? abusive? some maybe just have felt unneeded, strayed, And some may wish that they had stayed. But if … and complementary Mum and Dad both benefit the lass and lad. …
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Designed to catch water
The desert beetle has hydrophilic bumps upon its back. Standing on the sand ridge facing the wind if lifts its back up and droplets of water condense...
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Little boy ponders …
“When our cat’s away, where does he go? what does he do? … – who knows?!”
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on Psalm 100
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] O, shout out for joy, acknowledge the Lord, and hail him who is, praise with gladness restored. The mighty...
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Immersed in barley!
Sometimes a crop the farmer sows, then clears a line where the footpath goes across his field. Sometimes he leaves the crop to grow and thinks the walkers all will go across and trample down that bit, and so others the footpath’s track will know …
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Bent on putting people off
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024
Bent on putting people off their food? People seem very varied in their sensitivity to scents and smells. When we used to pcinic when out walking my husband used to want me to sit down-wind when eating my much beloved banana as he said it...
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Some thoughtful comments and
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Some thoughtful comments and gatherings of info. The history of the region is so complex. I have heard that actually Ukraine is older than Russia. But boundaries and people movement within continents have been so fluid at times probably. How much...
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Evocative. Reminds of
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Evocative. Reminds of 'Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits' which my mother was fond of quoting. Those without baths must find another haven for just stopping off gird if only for a few moments, like sleep. Clear the mind,...
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Wow! so there's a lot of
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Wow! so there's a lot of backstory and history here. I hope he's really left it behind, he still seems to know how to act hard. Rhiannon
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Hopefully she will gradually
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Hopefully she will gradually settle and find the surroundings and people interesting, and her memories of before becoming more hazy, she will become content and happy though maybe still feeling confused. Rhiannon
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It would be better to own up
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
It would be better to own up to his boss, as he had intended straightening things out, I'd think. Leaving it it might look worse later if he was found out, and it would help for them to sort this forger out together? Rhiannon
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The last two lines are lovely
Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024
The last two lines are lovely. But am I right in thinking this is an occasion of scattering ashes? Rhiannon
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I like to think I think like
Posted on Sat, 03 Feb 2024
I like to think I think like a child, but, I'm always slow on riddles and puns. It was nice to see the simplicity seen by Joey, nice clue. And yes, the dialogue is very readable. Rhiannon
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I don't think I'd enjoy
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024
I don't think I'd enjoy visiting ancient buildings, espcially highly decorative, but can appreciate the work that has gone into them. I tend ot prefer ruins and open countryside!, but buildings give a guide to the history of the people. Nations (...
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I like having the chapters
Posted on Thu, 01 Feb 2024
I like having the chapters this legnth.Enough to absorb and doesn't need too long time commitment each time! Rhiannon
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