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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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Readings of Episodes One and Two of the Pad Life Journals are now available on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-968566758   More to follow!

 

 

 

 

977 of my comments have received 1062 Great Feedback votes

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I SO want to be these

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2019

I SO want to be these children and have this adventure!  

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Posted in "The Trouble with Magical Beings" (A Fantasy) Chapter 7

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Lovely response to the IP. 

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2019

Lovely response to the IP.  Have you ever seen the film 'The Last Unicorn'?  My children adored it when they were small - in fact both have their own copies now because they wore out our old videotape!  This reminded me of that - the fleeting...

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Posted in There are no such things as Unicorns

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I can't imagine what these

Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2019

I can't imagine what these anniversaries must be like for a native New Yorker.  I made my first visit to the city at the end of last year, and visited the twin towers memorial and museum.  Profoundly moving, and even on my side of the pond it...

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Posted in My heart still bleeds...my eyes still cry

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Taut, jabbing lines,

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2019

Taut, jabbing lines, emphasising the unsettling content.  So clever in its combination of things - it gave me a rolling feeling in the pit of my own stomach when I read about the 'torture of team picks' and reminded me of feeling physically sick...

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Posted in September Chills

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Hooray!  Thank you for this,

Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019

Hooray!  Thank you for this, Luigi!  Delighted to have an ending to the story, and one that saw justice done.  

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Posted in Jack-In-The-Box

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I like the way it shifts with

Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019

I like the way it shifts with those last two lines.  We're used to seeing this story presented as pure submissive devotion - good to see a different, beautifully realised take.

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Posted in Her Gift

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I've just been to a new van

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2019

I've just been to a new van Gogh exhibition - what they call an 'immersive experience', with a sort of son et lumiere to start with and then a virtual reality trip through some of the paintings.  Your poem reminds me of his starry night skies. ...

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Posted in Looking up

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Delightful.  I would have

Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2019

Delightful.  I would have loved reading this as a child.  I'm really enjoying reading it now!  

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Posted in "The Trouble with Magical Beings" (A Fantasy) Chapter 5

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Absolutely love it.  I'm sure

Posted on Fri, 06 Sep 2019

Absolutely love it.  I'm sure Adam and Eve would think we'd all gone bonkers.  Very nice piece of work.

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Posted in Dear Adam & Eve

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I really love the way your

Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2019

I really love the way your accounts of your travels mix the everyday and the wondrous - all the practical things, like the toilets and the gippy tummies, and the strange and new things, like the amazing tombs and the dilemma of the children.  It...

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Posted in TRIP TO EGYPT 4 - VALLEY OF THE TOMBS

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