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"For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
Some people are angry that Just Stop Oil threw coloured cornflour at Stonehenge. Because the structure is old? A symbol of how humans have survived...
Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024
Leaving the road for the slick, clay-swallowed gravel of the footpath, newly scalped of its sodden, rot smelling dark brown felt of last year's...
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at dusk today
light mourning lavender sheets sky and sea far pink coast recalls sunset white triangle sail heading out gulls fly, wings bright as full moon's disc...
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October 2023
Shame : so hard to forget this soft word starting with a Sh! as of secrets, brushed under deep carpets and A in its middle, alphabet's beginning an...
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open your eyes!
bombing your moral high ground (won at such terrible cost) must always be a tricky manoevre to pull off - before you know where you are, history is...
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Brilliant :0) I love that
Posted on Tue, 16 Jul 2024
Brilliant :0) I love that wearing a toadstool hat can make a person blend in. Also, intrigued how happy Spencer is that Vanessa will buy him a present. Oh, and how she says "No" about him smoking, imagining smoke coming out of "my gaps" could...
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So many great stories and
Posted on Wed, 22 May 2024
So many great stories and poems today, choosing was really hard. This piece by Marandina, intriguing and full of wonderful description will have you instantly hooked, and it is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Jane Hyphen's encounter with
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2024
Jane Hyphen's unsettling encounter with what seems like the opposite of her guardian angel is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Thankyou so much, Jean, both
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Thankyou so much, Jean, both for sharing your inspiring Spirit of braveness and intelligence, imagination and humour, and also the kindness of your comments. I had to go to hospital for a check up recently and started having a panic attack, but...
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We are so lucky to be
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
ABCTales members are so lucky to be first to read this continuously brilliant story by Jane Hyphen. This part describes Vanessa's worries about her daughter's visit, and is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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It is because you are so FAB
Posted on Fri, 08 Mar 2024
It is because you are so FAB with details! Like the Persian carpet runner on the stairs, took me right there! So all the rest becomes easy to believe, too. You weave your rich imagination through the mundane
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This most enjoyable first
Posted on Wed, 06 Mar 2024
This most enjoyable first part of Marandina's magical tale set in York is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Brilliant to find a new
Posted on Wed, 28 Feb 2024
Brilliant to find a new episode of the fabulous Willow's Missing Tail. Packed full of intrigue, magic and wonderful characters, this is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
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Very good to read another of
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Very good to read another of your wonderful diaries! Like Rhiannon, I am intrigued how you seem to emerge so suddenly from Winter - while ours is much less severe, it staggers on and on. Full of admiration how you survived being stuck inside with...
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gosh, how on Earth did you
Posted on Mon, 08 Jan 2024
gosh, how on Earth did you put yourself in their mindset?! Exhausted just reading :0) Really hope you do send off Parcel for You, to the BBC and everywhere that might want brilliant comedy scripts. You are so good at creating funny characters,...
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