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"Silence"
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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Endings
In the days that follow, we will fall into a depression and battle stomach wrenching pain at the incomprehensible diagnosis and seeing the ravages of...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 22
There was just over an hour and a half left before sunset when the doorbell played Beethoven’s Für Elise. Perfidia’s eyes widened and she looked at...
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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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A look back over the years
Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025
A look back over the years can give us insight into the necessary path we've taken to be where we are and make us thankful for even the trials and errors because it brought us here. I will never regret the years I've had with the person I loved...
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Unfortunately, the fight for
Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025
Unfortunately, the fight for freedom and our individual rights will never be completely over; it is eternal. We must forever make our voices heard, especially over the din of lies and the wiles of misdirecting foes.
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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...
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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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