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Tom All Alone (12)
In August, dad borrowed a car from one of his mates at the pub for their two weeks' holiday. Next to Christmas, it was Tom's most exciting time of...
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Tom All Alone (11)
The summer arrived with its long days and balmy, sometimes sticky evenings and nights. Things seemed more settled and relaxed in the summer. No need...
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Tom All Alone (10)
The days and weeks passed, and gradually the incident at the fair faded into the background. Things went on as normal at home. Tom still played with...
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Pull
(image: mine) Calm sets like a wish on the night. In your garden, the fruit trees bloom with stars. The sky tilts its last light to the edge...
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The Dumb Waiter 2026
A play for today in one act Apologies to Harold Pinter (image: mine) SCENE: A basement room. Two beds, flat against the back wall. Between the beds,...
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Well done, Jane
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
Well done, Jane
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 2
A modern folklorey feel to
Posted on Thu, 26 Feb 2026
A modern folklorey feel to this. Something sinister going on...
Read full commentPosted in Purple Mountain - Part 2
Thanks, Di. It's old stuff,
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Thanks, Di. It's old stuff, but I'm reworking it. I gave up on it because it didn't seem to be going anywhere. I mistakenly thought it needed a plot. Now I realise it doesn't. Like life.
Read full commentPosted in 5. Secondhand Prose
Another enthralling story,
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Another enthralling story, Lille Dante. Not a word wasted, and every one doing its job - like the sense of time being wrung dry for what there is left of it.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Step
Or forgetfulness!
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Or forgetfulness!
Read full commentPosted in Miracles at Asda Haiku
An enthralling read, Jane -
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
An enthralling read, Jane - and as an ex-distance runner (did it for 30 years and only stopped because of increasing injuries) I can say you've captured the essence of it perfectly. Are you a runner yourself? It's funny, but I sometimes felt - on...
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Makes me think of times as a
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Makes me think of times as a kid when I stood beside mum while she made cakes. Best bit was when I got to scrape the bowl out afterwards. And always that cup with no handle there.
So well captured in these few well-chosen words and images...
Read full commentPosted in Recipe for My Daughter
Yes... I too was wondering!
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
Yes... I too was wondering! Is it a way of saying 'being at the end of a room', like a book-end? Or is he a demolition man, maybe? Not an idiom I've come across.
I envy you never having seen it. You've now got the first-time pleasure to...
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
This is an enthralling read
Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2026
This is an enthralling read which, sadly, I've had to whizz through - but will come back to when I have more time later. First-person has always been my preferred mode, but I'm experimenting with more third-person narratives. Each has their...
Read full commentPosted in Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane (2)
'She’s the last page torn
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
'She’s the last page torn from a book
That followed a journey the length of time
But she doesn’t know she’s there'
Wonderful images - and so evocative.
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