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Tom All Alone (9) (ii)
The car swung abruptly towards the doors, forcing Tom to lean against the man, and then the doors clattered shut behind them and they were into the...
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Tom All Alone (9) (i)
I've published this piece before, in another novel. But I've lifted it out and rewritten it. It rightly belongs in 'Tom All Alone'. Apologies to...
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4. Away with Words (iii)
After he'd gone, I finished my coffee and sat in the armchair to read. Through the bedroom door, I could see the two black sacks sitting there,...
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4. Away with Words (ii)
I sniffed. Then I dropped it in the bag with the others and knotted the top. It was all too much for my little shredder, and I wasn't going risk any...
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4. Away with Words (i)
I slept fitfully and had some strange dreams. Anxiety dreams, like I often had. I'd no doubt they were linked to what Sherlock and I had been...
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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...
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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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'Canine Pup Resuscitation'
Posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2026
'Canine Pup Resuscitation'
Great story. Well-deserved gilded fruit!
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So did we! We never actually
Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026
So did we! We never actually booked anywhere - just took pot luck. And we were always lucky. I remember even in the early '80s, we went down to Devon for a holiday one year and managed to get a caravan on a farm site near Totnes with no trouble,...
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Yes... I can hear it now. And
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
Yes... I can hear it now. And I'm always making those jumps. Spotify killed the HMV Shop (though they're coming back!)
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I was living near Totnes in
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
I was living near Totnes in the '70s. I started work there when I was 15 - at Hill's Devon Cider, near Ashburton. Maybe you sampled our wares on one of those evenings. ...
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A period I remember well.
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
A period I remember well. First job, first wages, first taste of a different sort of music.
'the demise of the Lib-Lab pact and the Thatcher challenge' Oh yes. Can we ever forget?
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