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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 711323 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2055 of my 6,109 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2120 votes

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O is for Orange Pomander and Ochre Path

juiceful globe, zesty sweet, spiked with cloves' stark, wood scent fallen warmth tessellates - leaf and needle pavement
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N is for Nativity and Nuts

New faces shine, words spread wide as written long ago unreadable inside instructions how to grow
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M is for Mince Pie and Mouse Pantry

short pastry case contains mixed dried fruit, spirit-steeped root roofed, unreached by rain, three sided beech mast's heaped
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L is for Letters (to North Pole) and Lichen

wishful lists, neatly made, flame posted, undefine slow creeping, bark borne jade filaments, mist slick, shine this picture is from Wimedia : https...
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K is for Kings and Knapweed

gifts for fraught future brought - gold, frankinsence and myrrh purple crown much bee-sought turned finch seedhead sceptre

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2055 of my comments have received 2120 Great Feedback votes

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I hope your bees come back.

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

I hope your bees come back. And you are having cooler weather now, it is starting to feel like almost Autumn, here

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Posted in Hollyhock Tears Or Whispers Of Gods.

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You taught me about the story

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

You taught me about the story, too. Those Greek gods were so tetchy!!! Hollyhocks were one of the first things I managed to grow - one grew as high as Mum's bedroom window :0) Now I like the single ones best though as bees can get inside

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Posted in Hollyhock Tears Or Whispers Of Gods.

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the desolation of his job

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

the desolation of his job taking up so much of his life, trying to support his perfect wife and child, so perfect they seem almost unreal/unrelated to him, and his past, memories always corroding. This is so sad to read

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Posted in The Vale - Part 3

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Loved this :0) What a perfect

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025

Loved this :0) What a perfect Happy Ending! Maybe their love endured BECAUSE the author could not understand any Greenland language. Guessing the igloo builder spoke and read very good English so they could read such wonderful funny stories

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Posted in You are surprised as a published writer…

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I like the bad luck element

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2025

I like the bad luck element very much, and looking forward to the next part

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Posted in "Art of Trouble" 2

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Maybe Billy will be able to

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2025

Maybe Billy will be able to help with Danielle's nightmare? I sympathise with her Mum, it is worrying when children have bad dreams, we cannot go there to help. Tanya and Billy's Mum united in concern/suspicion about devices and the harm they...

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Posted in Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (4)

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I love this : "nobody warned

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2025

I love this : "nobody warned us that the cheap glory of those days would climb to a peak and then simply ebb away and die, fading forever into forgotten history", all the lives Earth has had, each an uncurling wave of the sea. "cheap glory" that...

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Posted in The Vale - Part 1 (d)

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Have you ever felt stuck in a

Posted on Sun, 20 Jul 2025

Have you ever felt stuck in a rut, sure that life would be more fun if you took more risks? Try this wonderful adventure in Australia by G M Backland, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can

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Posted in Worst Case Scenario - Being Peter To Save Paul (Part One)

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Liked this very much :0) And

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2025

Liked this very much :0) And glad am not the only one not to be trusted re getting them lost, by suspicious offspring :0)

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Posted in What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?

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BRILLIANT!!! I love it when I

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025

BRILLIANT!!! I love it when I have no idea where a story is going, yet is it completely involving all the way through. Absolutely wonderful

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Posted in The Irritating Gentleman (part two)

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