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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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Lock
Padlocks on a bridge supposedly capture your true love. I thought maybe they could capture something else. Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
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Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks
Little Cat and I are back, having totally failed in our mission. Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
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Pad Life 17: So Here It Is
Season's Greetings from the Pad. Picture copyright free from Pixabay
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
This is also our Poem of the Week - congratulations!
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
This beautiful piece is our Friday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
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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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This whole series has been
Posted on Sun, 04 Feb 2024
This whole series has been such a joy to read, Turlough. You brought the place and the people to life. I am greatly looking forward to the promised Part 13 and the prequel.
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