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571 of my 3,614 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 600 votes
Assorted writers' groups, the odd anthology, occasional readings. Lots of looking out of the window. Hello, and thanks for dropping by.
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Pad Life: What The Giraffe??
There's fly-tipping, and then there's giraffes. Some adult language. Possibly Giraffe. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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A Story of May
I was born in October, and I always knew my name was chosen as a political statement. My Dad was a member of the International Marxist Group back then. They were big in the seventies.
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Sibelius Lobey (Part 4 - Final Part)
A Sunday morning in a small town in the summer of 1970. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Sibelius Lobey (Part 3)
One Saturday, in one small town, in the summer of 1970. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Sibelius Lobey (Part Two)
One Saturday in a small town in the summer of 1970. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Another great episode, Penny.
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Another great episode, Penny. The trees were my favourite bit too. Trees are indeed the guardians of our world.
I really like the way, in this story, kindness given brings kindness back. It's a lovely message.
Read full commentPosted in "The Trouble with Magical Beings" Chapter 9 (A Fantasy)
I'm with you on this one.
Posted on Wed, 02 Oct 2019
I'm with you on this one. The only place grey looks magnificent is on an elephant.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty Shades of Shade
A beautiful image, sitting
Posted on Sun, 12 May 2019
A beautiful image, sitting making music under a tree. All your pieces have the ability to make the reader feel both the permanence of the surroundings, and the impermanence of the people, particularly the narrator, within them. Our narrator is...
Read full commentPosted in Under the pines and the power lines
As well as the wonderful
Posted on Thu, 09 May 2019
As well as the wonderful descriptions you get in these poems, they are always so well constructed, so that the way the words are used, as much as the words themselves, help the reader to see what you see. Another beauty, Rhiannon.
Read full commentPosted in Transfixed!
I really enjoyed this, and
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I really enjoyed this, and then reading about the background to it made it even more poignant. What a wonderful memorial to your relative.
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
I am Delilah, and this is
Posted on Sun, 26 Aug 2018
I am Delilah, and this is being typed by the servant of myself and Zsa Zsa. I have a new game for Omar. Get your local vet to put either you or Mitsie on special expensive food that only the one of you is supposed to have, and then swap bowls...
Read full commentPosted in Omar's Diary - Sunday 26th August 2018
More than one journey is
Posted on Sun, 04 Dec 2016
More than one journey is explored in this wonderful exploration of pain and hope. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
Picture credit: http://tinyurl.com/hrmu2lg
Read full commentPosted in Journey to Minneapolis
Some very striking imagery -
Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2015
Some very striking imagery - the one that stood out for me was the passage comparing Joanie's voice to a shotgun, 'her words repeating until the cartridge emptied, until her words were simple, hollow clicks.' I wasn't too sure about some of the...
Read full commentPosted in Buried Secrets
That's fascinating - I love
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
That's fascinating - I love finding out about how language develops. I've learned something today!
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
Very intriguing - I had a
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
Very intriguing - I had a very vivid picture of the proceedings, and there is real sense of foreboding at the end. Enjoyed reading it.
In the first line - broom stails? Should this be brooms' tails, or what is a broom stail?
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
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