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My Mother And I Agree On Something
I lost my Mum last month. She was a funny and wise woman, and I wrote this last year after a conversation during which, for once, we really did agree on something.
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The Restructure Roundel
Met up with a former colleague the other day. This is for all those who are now, or ever have been, working in public services.
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Not Quite The Eve Of Destruction (2017 IP)
‘Can’t I have one? Just one little one? I’ve been so good all year…’ ‘No you bloody can’t, and put that Scythe down or I swear to Me I’ll confiscate it for good.'
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Albatross
So I went on this poetry course, and wrote a sonnet to my house. As you do.
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Bob Dylan (IP)
My first and definitely last poetic contribution to ABC Tales.
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This is so lovely, Jenny. It
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
This is so lovely, Jenny. It really struck a chord with me. I've never been much of a one for gardening - and now don't have a garden anyway - but the sentiment is so applicable to many aspects of life. I'm having one of those periods of writer's...
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A piece of beauty in the
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
A piece of beauty in the midst of all the stuff clanging in our ears and eyes. In the street I lived in before we had an urban fox who trotted around at night as though he/she owned the place, which was lovely, except when they raided the bins....
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This is really great,
Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025
This is really great, flowing and easy to read, but so thoughtful and full of insight. It's quite true, the children who never made it are always with us. I am so looking forward to the next part of this!
Read full commentPosted in The Vale - Part One (b)
Pick of the Day
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
This is our brilliant social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Sirimiri, free to use via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons....
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This is beautiful, Penny, and
Posted on Tue, 03 Jun 2025
This is beautiful, Penny, and so glad to see something new from you. Magical and hopeful. Into the light indeed. Thank you!
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I'm not unaffected by such
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
I'm not unaffected by such deaths, more angry and exasperated and desperately sorry for those who loved them. People have always done dangerous and downright stupid things, cocooned in a belief in their own invincibility. It's desperately sad.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
A very wise Life Lesson, and quite possibly applicable to a lot of humans too...
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Didn't see the twist coming!
Posted on Sat, 10 May 2025
Didn't see the twist coming! Lovely story.
Read full commentPosted in Your child will remember this day forever
Lovely, Jenny, brought back
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025
Lovely, Jenny, brought back my own happy memories of childhood holidays at the Cornish coast. 'Youth is a snapshot restored' - what a wonderful way of putting it.
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Congratulations on this, Jane
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Congratulations on this, Jane, it's been such a pleasure to read. Brilliant ending. We shall all miss it! I hope you do publish it, it deserves as wide an audience as it can get. Well done!
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)
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