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"Fragile"

By Penny4athought on Thu, 06 Feb 2025

The cardinal singing in the evergreen tree gave her hope; good things would come to pass. It had been too long since she’d had hope. She hadn’t dared...

Spiritual

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"Willow's Missing Tail" 24

By Penny4athought on Sun, 26 Jan 2025

The angle of the sun was approaching its nadir as the guests around Perfidia’s table finished their meals. The uncomfortable silence in the room was...

Fantasy

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"Willow's Missing Tail" 23

By Penny4athought on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

Perfidia walked down the stairs but stopped when she saw Jon; had he waited for her? “I told you I wouldn’t be long;” she shrugged, continuing down...

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"Silence"

By Penny4athought on Sat, 11 Jan 2025

War inside my head explodes with feelings of disbelief and despair, paralyzing me with debilitating sorrow a sorrow painted by my anger at the...

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Thank you Di-Hard- I am

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

Thank you Di-Hard- I am struggling to understand the why and feeling the guilt we'd missed something sooner, some sign that could have changed this outlook. It's a battle I am desprate for him to win and I'm hoping for a miracle.

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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...

Posted in Ghost Story

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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...

Posted in Parcel for You..Part 39

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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...

Posted in Wee Plastic Hats Off to Ole Kirk Christiansen!

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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.

Posted in Mind the Gap

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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...