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Beige Goo Splat - (part 3)

By Jane Hyphen on Thu, 18 Sep 2025

Monty and I slept extremely well together that night, we didn’t dream but rather blinked away the night and woke up refreshed but a little...

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Beige Goo Splat - (part 2)

By Jane Hyphen on Tue, 16 Sep 2025

There was no point asking for help from my landlady, she didn’t care about my dog and was difficult to get any sense out of at the best of times...

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Beige Goo Splat (part 1)

By Jane Hyphen on Sun, 14 Sep 2025

My room was nothing fancy but easily large enough for my double bed, desk and other stuff. It had a high ceiling and a big view down over the town...

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The Tiny Easter Teddy

By Jane Hyphen on Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Easter, even the word itself sounds full, round around the edges, pregnant with the promise of things to come. Falling in spring, within the swell...

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Oh no, thanks Gloskat. No

Posted on Sun, 22 Feb 2026

Oh no, thanks Gloskat. No need to apologise. I'm always grateful when readers spot mistakes. I think the part of my brain which deals with those details shuts down when I'm being creative. All the more reason to wait and edit later instead of...

Posted in Purple Mountain - Part 1

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Lots of runners on ABC tales,

Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026

Lots of runners on ABC tales, now we're all long distance writers, same discipline, different pain.

I used to do a bit of running, not much though and as my gardening career took off, I was always too knackered to go running. I do remember...

Posted in His Running Top

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So pleased you've continued

Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026

So pleased you've continued with with, Paul. I've just been doing some reading about witches. Thankfully lone women are no longer blamed and tried, (drowned) for random local misfortunes although in some places they are still stoned and we don't...

Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (11)

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Creepiness captured here, the

Posted on Sun, 08 Feb 2026

Creepiness captured here, the mysterious sound cannot be effectively described, the concern cannot be shared without making the victim of the sound seem crazy. This nothingness has so much power. Great storytelling, can't wait to read the rest.

Posted in The Lady on Sycamore Lane (1)

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It is magical, Jenny, your

Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026

It is magical, Jenny, your poem is playful enough to do it justice. It's hard to create art which blends into a natural setting without jarring but this carving look perfectly in place and was clearly made by somebody who loves nature. A mind...

Posted in Let's Make Believe

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Mucky Monika's emply parking

Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026

Mucky Monika's emply parking space, I wonder what is the average safe distance of...

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It gives us an easy topic to

Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026

It gives us an easy topic to talk about, the weather is an ice-breaker, sort of..Rain for the grain, yes we are lucky, a temperate climate to grow and feed livestock most of the year round. A great poem!

Posted in Whatever the British weather …

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You've really nailed the

Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2025

You've really nailed the season there Penny. It's so chilling but you've also given us a sense of both the power and bare beauty of mid-winter. The lady of the cold walks here in your words.

Posted in "Winter Constitutional"

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Thanks for the cherries

Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025

Thanks for the cherries insert. I'm not sure if I should, he needs to accept ageing as a normal part of the human journey and then rewards far deeper than youthful looks will be unlocked.

Posted in The Leaf Blower - Part 4

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That was truly a thrilling

Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025

That was truly a thrilling read, Turlough. Makes me want to drop everything and go and take the smae sort of trip before it somehow becomes unavailable. I would be worried about the sickness though, I'm prone to migraines. At least I can read...