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"Willow's Missing Tail" 21
“Perfidia,” Martha said with an apologetic look as she entered the kitchen from the backdoor, “I’m sorry we couldn’t wait for you.” “I understand. It...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 20
Martha hadn’t wanted to leave Perfidia behind but time was growing shorter and they needed every second of it to prepare the room. So she made the...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 19
Perfidia breezed into the kitchen with a dreamy expression and Daphne giggled. “Looks like the love bug has bitten my cousin; imagine that!” Perfidia...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 18
Willow pussyfooted behind Avery following him for several blocks after he left the café and was surprised he hadn’t led her to his sports car and...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 17
Martha moved quietly through the garden. She opened the sliding door into the first floor bedroom and waited a heartbeat before going to find...
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he sounds like a
Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2024
he sounds like a contradictory character- I enjoyed the flow of your definitions and how the final line defined them,
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I had a feeling the narrator
Posted on Mon, 28 Oct 2024
I had a feeling the narrator was ethereal but then you added human concerns and I wasn’t so sure. This well plotted tale led the reader deeper and deeper into the morbid awareness of the situation and seeing the events from the vantage point of...
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I was worried when that robot
Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2024
I was worried when that robot, repair tech thought Vanessa might be abusing Spencer but then he did fix him, only he sent Vanessa from the room while he did it and he added some, unasked for, upgardes. It does make you wonder what those upgrades...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You..Part 39
You are on to something here
Posted on Thu, 10 Oct 2024
You are on to something here Turlough and I agree; Legos are the best toy for the creative mind of a child. I have boxes and boxes of the magnificent colorful, little, building blocks. The first set we bought for my older son was when he was four...
Read full commentPosted in Wee Plastic Hats Off to Ole Kirk Christiansen!
Hi Jenny; you’ve captured the
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
Hi Jenny; you’ve captured the vitality of youthful days and the longing to relive it in your talented, poetic style. You bring the reader to a place of happy memories and youthful exuberance. The desire for a backward glance at those captured...
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Your house sounds adorable,
Posted on Sun, 06 Oct 2024
Your house sounds adorable, and the perfect setting for a fairytale, wind and spiders included. Enjoyed reading this very much and do hope you write that wee journal and post it here soon.
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Extreme weather can provide
Posted on Sat, 05 Oct 2024
Extreme weather can provide us with scary moments like the ones you had - I'm glad you survived them all and I agree, sunglasses in the glove box would be a good thing to have.
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I love seeing fireflies and
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
I love seeing fireflies and enjoyed your poem about the magic they make us feel, just by turning on their light.
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Yes, I too bought 'word for
Posted on Sun, 22 Sep 2024
Yes, I too bought 'word for life' and have had it transferred over to a new laptop - it does get quirky now and again and once I had to ask microsoft to help update it, but that was several years ago. I hope you have luck with your call to...
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I’ve always thought those old
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
I’ve always thought those old nursery rhymes were dark and not meant for children. Mother Goose and Grimms Fairytales were not warm and cuddly to me. You've captured that darkness in your ‘where are they now’ poetic parody of Hey Diddle Diddle. I...
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