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I have 180 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 735333 times
and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2115 of my 6,209 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2180 votes
My stories
S is for Snow
light smooths, soothes curves; walk in sleeping prisms' peace sight's a white wall, smell's all, cold's hungry, move or freeze
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R is for Reindeer and Roe deer
proudly pull Santa Claus in sleek, gift-laden sleigh angled grace, tasting grass -* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!
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Day before a birthday
It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
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Q is for Question and Quarry
"How many days to go?" "8!" Creeping? Or flying? escaping Russian snow woodcock, SHOT! here, dying https://www.woodcock-hunting.com/search?q=woodcock
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Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)
decorated and in pride of place, dead pretty rain's clear, fresh touch, then sun seeds dazzling gaiety
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As others have said, your
Posted on Sat, 07 Nov 2015
As others have said, your bravery shines through. I was never brave enough to try going on my own, and having read the whole of your account of this time, that was the right choice for my son and me, whatever anybody said, I could not have coped...
Read full commentPosted in That's Life ( Pt 1 )
Wow! What a writer you are :0
Posted on Sun, 13 Dec 2015
Wow! What a writer you are :0) And what a resilient person! This is so, so good. And the perfect ending, not what I had expected, but perfect :0) To have gone from the frightened young Mum at the beginning, to this person who could turn down an...
Read full commentPosted in That's Life The Conclusion
The letters hiding in the
Posted on Sat, 04 Oct 2025
The letters hiding in the words like a stripey tiger?
Read full commentPosted in Who am I?
Agree with Jenny, absolutely
Posted on Fri, 03 Oct 2025
Agree with Jenny, absolutely brilliant poem, Rhiannon, Thank You for posting
Read full commentPosted in Harebells
sorry, have not found That's
Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013
sorry, have not found That's Life, yet. But I am glad I did not find it at once, or I would not have found these Diary entries :0) Could really have done with reading them, 20 years ago!
Read full commentPosted in Baby Makes Three ( Part Three )
Jaundice! Yes, my son had
Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013
Jaundice! Yes, my son had that. But POOR YOU, having flu as well as all this!!! I can't imagine have a worse experience, you must have been exhausted before all this even started! I AM SO GLAD they worked out about your son's soft palate, that...
Read full commentPosted in Baby Makes Three ( Part Three )
Jenny, I found this while
Posted on Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Jenny, I found this while looking for your That's Life piece. It must have been so hard to write! Often I have heard people say "don't be defined by the bad things that have happened to you". Having read your amazingly beautiful and uplifting...
Read full commentPosted in TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES
I like very much your
Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2025
I like very much your description of all the abundance! this whole chunk is fabulous, "crunching through a carpet of beech mast,
and walking over a pattern of sycamore aeroplanes."
There are lots of berries here, too. On the radio...
Read full commentPosted in What a lunch-spot!
Jenny! I had no idea you have
Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2025
Jenny! I had no idea you have been through so much hardship! What a tough start to being a Mum, when we are so tired and vulnerable, with a young life to protect. Well Done brilliant you persevering to make things better!
Read full commentPosted in All's Well That Ends Well
Two people hurting, and not
Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2025
Two people hurting, and not talking and one trying to survive by changing, and the other by pretending as hard as he can that nothing has changed. What will happen when he wakes up the next morning? So sensitively written!
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