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The Vale - Chapter 6
‘What?’ I laughed nervously, then shrugged and said, ‘I don’t have anything like that.’ Adam shook his head. ‘Of course we don’t need a pass, we’re...
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The Vale - Chapter 5
It was so much colder back then, nothing like the soft, Southern air which I find myself gliding through so easily these days. I remember frequent...
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The Vale - Part 4 (Adam Believe)
I can remember the exact moment I saw Adam Berry. It was on the first day of secondary school and we had been instructed, via a letter in the post,...
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The Vale - Part 3
Lori’s mother, Linda, is just leaving when I return to the cave. She is a lovely woman, warm, level-headed, unassuming and ever mindful of being in...
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The Vale - Part 1 (d)
I lie in bed staring at the patterns on the ceiling, the trees twitching in the wind casting shadows of branches like veins inside a lung, pulsing...
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Thank you Insert. Auto
Posted on Sun, 22 Feb 2026
Thank you Insert. Auto-correct is an old friend but you're right, maybe I should think about dumping him .
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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...
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 1
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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
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!
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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.
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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.
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