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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent
A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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As You Wish
If your life is unbearable, what do you wish for? Rewrite of something posted in response to an IP nine years ago. Old IPs never die, they just get much needed edits...
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A Drama And A Crisis
I don’t know. You take a week off to have Covid and return to a world where the Post Office has grown horns and a tail. The arts strike again.
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Sweet Contemplation (Part 2 of 2) (IP)
I knew what Ben had been thinking. He was thinking it was his job now, his inheritance. I hadn’t gone near the vegetable garden after the night I saw Mum.
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Sweet Contemplation (Part 1 of 2) (IP)
We’ll never know why Dad went out to the vegetable garden. Maybe to see how the cabbages were doing, or to plan the next crop. Maybe just to think. He used to say that being out among living things just quietly growing was a good exercise in contemplation.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...
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I always thought they
Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022
I always thought they originated in Paris, but according to Wikipedia (so it must be true) there is a Hungarian story about a woman who fastened padlocks to bridges in memory of her lover who was killed in the First World War. I think mass...
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I'm so sorry to hear this.
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I'm so sorry to hear this. And this site is here to be supportive when you need it.
It sounds as though you are spending so much emotional energy trying to forgive and understand your father, but please think about prioritising yourself...
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Story of the Week
Posted on Tue, 16 Jul 2024
This latest episode of a brilliant series is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!
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I willingly concede bragging
Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024
I willingly concede bragging rights on the deranged politician front, Rich. Also, while no-one outside of these shores actually gives a flying banana about what happens here, what happens on your side of the pond will affect us all. We will...
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Hooray for Bus Pass! Glad it
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
Hooray for Bus Pass! Glad it was a lovely day.
We had a Søstrene Grene open here in York a few months ago, and it's always packed. I'm also a Scandiphile, but my son's partner, who's Swedish, frowns at me whenever I talk about Søstrene...
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Lovely writing, devilishly
Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024
Lovely writing, devilishly enjoyable. I'm glad to know they're all computerised down there. I'm wondering if the wi-fi is better there than in the other place, because that could make all the difference to the choices I make for my soul.
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The exact same question
Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2024
The exact same question occurred to me. Then I was thinking, we should have an ABC Tales app. No idea what for, apart from making our users face an annoying pop-up: DOWNLOAD OUR APP HERE AND BUGGER UP YOUR PHONE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
On...
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Story of the Week
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
This is also our Story of the Week.
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Congratulations on the golden
Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Congratulations on the golden cherries. This really is a wonderful poem. I worked in Adult Services for a while, and saw families going through this dilemma. There are no easy answers and you're right, it does take courage to make that decision...
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