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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 611834 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1949 of my 5,915 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2007 votes

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These are so full of light,

Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021

These are so full of light,  your parents sound so vivid and warm. I think they must have been special people to have you as a daughter, and now you mirror their light back out into the world with your writing.

I am like you, afraid of...

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Posted in Blessings Dear Late Mum And Dad

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Agree with you about the lego

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

Agree with you about the lego barefoot!

Wonderful description of bleak slab buildings, and the last line is so clever

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Posted in Before Rhythm of Hours Change the Beat

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"teeth of history" that's

Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021

"teeth of history" that's great, just brilliant! 

a shroud growing gently is suffocating, the unease

"frightened of ourselves" this is all so powerful, the coldness and wet.

You make a horrible feeling of never being...

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Posted in Wintered Thin

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reading this is as scary as I

Posted on Tue, 26 Oct 2021

reading this is as scary as I can take :0) Please say you are working on a Halloween installment of your political comedy?

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Posted in Dreams of Halloween

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I love reading your diary

Posted on Sat, 23 Oct 2021

I love reading your diary entries, Jenny, what a person you are, open as a flower to every experience, and then passing it all on to someone like me, who could only dream of such courage

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Posted in That Was Genesis

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Another one for your Almanac

Posted on Tue, 19 Oct 2021

Another one for your Almanac :0)

It has a strong chanting feel to it.

I particularly liked

"stoical belfries watch stone gargoyles spout rain,

carved pumpkins illuminate porches, fired grins,"

"fired grins" is...

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Posted in Samhain and Beyond

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"And the sky not deep enough

Posted on Thu, 21 Oct 2021

"And the sky not deep enough for escape.

 

I stand entangled in the moment -"

Every time I read this, I am struck by the power of these lines.

 

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Posted in Owl Down

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That must have been so scary!

Posted on Tue, 12 Oct 2021

That must have been so scary! I do hope you are all ok now!

I think your approach must be how lots of great recipes came to be, in the first place!

My trouble is, in the unlikely event my family likes something I have cooked enough...

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Posted in Ostrich eggs and elephant milk

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 I love this about blackbirds

Posted on Mon, 18 Oct 2021

 I love this about blackbirds : " its natural flair for tossing leaves"  made me smile each time I read it :0)

and this : " to linger here for just a while,

watch each leaf gently clinging;

till letting go" is gorgeous....

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Posted in Grounding Of Autumn

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It must be 45 years or so

Posted on Mon, 11 Oct 2021

It must be 45 years or so since we went! And even then, the last few years there were loads more people. I remember we had arrived somewhere magnificent after a very long walk, (for us, anyway, my youngest brother was about six I think) and all...

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Posted in Secrets Of Wistman Woods

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