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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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Nice to see Josiah and
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
Nice to see Josiah and Archibald again! And nice to be able to get a bit of a laugh out of the present situation.
Read full commentPosted in An Ill Wind
I hope you too keep well and
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
I hope you too keep well and safe, Grace. Perhaps your colleague who fancies a longer holiday due to coronavirus should remember that if she does get it, she'll be in quarantine and confined to her room rather than being able to lounge round the...
Read full commentPosted in The Coronavirus Part Two.
I suppose it's just a
Posted on Thu, 05 Mar 2020
I suppose it's just a question of waiting for it to blow itself out, as these things do. I'm not minimising it - it's worrying for people with underlying health conditions - but I'm just hoping that people don't panic, because panic can be as...
Read full commentPosted in Coronavirus
There are hints all the way
Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020
There are hints all the way through this, but the ending still comes as an horrific jolt. Another vote for the car crash here.
Read full commentPosted in homemaker
The whole farage-o keeps
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2020
The whole farage-o keeps reminding me of Leslie Phillips's lascivious 'Ding Dong'. I bet Mark Francois stands up to salute a buxom Brexit when it goes by.
Read full commentPosted in The Bongs of Ben
Read this several times and
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
Read this several times and enjoyed it more each time. Surreal in the best sense of the word.
Read full commentPosted in The first step
There will be so many things
Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020
There will be so many things vanishing soon. A lovely eulogy for those things that we have already lost.
Read full commentPosted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.
Wonderful use of language - I
Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Wonderful use of language - I have read this aloud several times now, enjoying it more each time. The dark humour and the little details that build up the picture, the rhythm like a piece of music itself. A tremendous read.
Read full commentPosted in The emergency bassoonist
This is exactly my Christmas
Posted on Thu, 26 Dec 2019
This is exactly my Christmas tree! Stuff handed down, and a lot of stuff my children made when they were little. The tree is a real presence at our family Christmas. Lovely poem, Penny.
Read full commentPosted in Threads of Christmas...past to present
So passionate and visceral,
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
So passionate and visceral, it makes you gasp. A brilliant evocation of pain, and the last two lines are magnificent.
Read full commentPosted in forgive
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