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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 754644 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2134 of my 6,238 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2202 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
Cherry

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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2134 of my comments have received 2202 Great Feedback votes

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So much has changed, hasn't

Posted on Wed, 25 Nov 2015

So much has changed, hasn't it? I am not sure it would be possible now, to find a new GP so quickly. And Ebay has replaced jumblesales, even charity shops are not so good as I remember. I guess not so many people slaughter their supper these days...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 10 )

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That must have been so

Posted on Mon, 23 Nov 2015

That must have been so cruelly hard, having been surrounded by your new friends and everything sorted, then all alone in this frightening place, but wonderful that their kindness even reached in there with a 'new' mattress and sheets. That chair...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 9 )

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Have realised, this is a

Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2015

Have realised, this is a story about women, isn't it? The land lady, Granny, the ladies who got beaten up and went back to those who hurt them, and You, the others who got out out and made better lives for yourselves and your children, who didn't...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 8 )

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You do a great job instilling

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2015

You do a great job instilling a sense of fear and disgust at this new accomodation! I am kind of surprised that no one checked up that you had a safe place to go, it doesn't seem responsible at all, to let you and your baby fall through the...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 7 )

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I love how you describe the

Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2015

I love how you describe the others in the refuge - even though you must all have been struggling, so much support! It is lovely to read of the kindness, perhaps Granny's nastiness even made you all closer, a threat you could overcome and looking...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 6 )

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That must have been such joy,

Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2015

That must have been such joy, to hold your baby again, getting him back, since it had been the two of you against the world. But to be told you had to let him go back to the situation you had rescued him from, and then be told you had to leave...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 5 )

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To think, if it hadn't been

Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2015

To think, if it hadn't been for that piece you posted this week, would never have read any of this! I feel as Bee says, to have thought of you always as so sensitive, a born poet through and through, it makes your bravery and resilience the more...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 4 )

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This is great writing, the

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2015

This is great writing, the relief that you have somewhere away from the landmines you described in the first part! And the contrast between welcome kindness and hostility of the other residents, the details of toothpaste, wonderful. It's good you...

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As others say, this is

Posted on Sun, 08 Nov 2015

As others say, this is AMAZING WRITING, Jenny. I am so glad you had a good health visitor, so there was one person who understood and knew how to help. Thank goodness she was there! I believe this would help others, to read. It is so kind of you...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 2 )

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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...

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Posted in That's Life ( Pt 1 )

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