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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 622518 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1962 of my 5,936 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2022 votes

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1962 of my comments have received 2022 Great Feedback votes

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I bet your editor regretted

Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022

I bet your editor regretted giving you a word limit! You have done an expert job enlisting every sense to describe your visit. I particularly liked all the food.  And you tell about the contrasts so well, the warmth of the lady who invited you...

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Posted in Maglic Moments

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You have made the river scary

Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022

You have made the river scary and beautiful, evoking age glamour and power. Also, this line where you have "hue" does the true poet thing (for me) of making the sound of the words describe the meaning

Tranquil, soothing and deep blue...

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Posted in Lady Danube

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Enjoyed your description of

Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022

Enjoyed your description of your walk, particularly the introduction of a companion

"‘Don’t slip!’  … I slipped! …" which added to the sense of being there. Am glad you landed gracefully, something I aspire to but do not achieve, despite...

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Posted in Roam with me to the footbridge by the ford

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these bird poems make me

Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022

these bird poems make me think of those Elizabethan pendants you would open up, and find miniature jewel bright portraits. As always you have filled my mind with riches

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Posted in Verdin, desert and thorn.

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Absolutely LOVED this. I

Posted on Sun, 08 Feb 2015

Absolutely LOVED this. I looked you up after reading your post in forums about not being able to write anymore. This is the most wonderful thing I have read for ages, your descriptions of the sea so fresh and vivid. Can't give you any advice...

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Posted in Ebb

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Enjoyed both uneasy, funny,

Posted on Sat, 22 Jan 2022

Enjoyed both uneasy, funny, wonderfully told story and very funny comment :0)

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Posted in Beavers Fag Break (they mostly come at night, mostly)

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Ha, but Ed that's the WHOLE

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

Ha, but Ed that's the WHOLE PROBLEM!!! Since Mrs Thatcher said they had to be run like a business to make money, they have had to try to find the cheapest possible ways to attract viewers while still trying to scrape out a few quality programs (...

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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Have just listened to this

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

Have just listened to this very interesting program :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013hk2

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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This is so good! I was going

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

This is so good! I was going to try writing a rant about what the government is doing to the BBC but won't now, your humour is way sharper. Boris and dog, the One Show, Great Thinkers of Our Time, it's ALL brilliant :0) So wish I could do this...

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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enjoyed this very much! Your

Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022

enjoyed this very much! Your memories described so vividly, and also 

The milkman

and paperman, and the

rag-and-bone man, and the

butcher on the corner. 

 

How you describe your memories so vividly, mixed...

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Posted in Things I Did On My Day Off

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