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I hope Luigi reads this, you
Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021
I hope Luigi reads this, you have done a brilliant rhyme, it really adds to the message. Agree with Turlough
"there was even a place to turn horses to glue."
this bit stood out for me, too. Maybe the childlike too with...
I think so? If part of what your Mum suffered from was a feeling of isolation and not being able to communicate with anyone how she felt, then you are in a much much better place! You definitely matter to lots of people, including me, don't know...
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 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
I hope Luigi reads this, you
Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021
I hope Luigi reads this, you have done a brilliant rhyme, it really adds to the message. Agree with Turlough
"there was even a place to turn horses to glue."
this bit stood out for me, too. Maybe the childlike too with...
Read full commentPosted in A Northern Song
I think so? If part of what
Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021
I think so? If part of what your Mum suffered from was a feeling of isolation and not being able to communicate with anyone how she felt, then you are in a much much better place! You definitely matter to lots of people, including me, don't know...
Read full commentPosted in Blessings Dear Late Mum And Dad
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...
Read full commentPosted in Blessings Dear Late Mum And Dad
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
Read full commentPosted in Before Rhythm of Hours Change the Beat
"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...
Read full commentPosted in Wintered Thin
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?
Read full commentPosted in Dreams of Halloween
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
Read full commentPosted in That Was Genesis
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...
Read full commentPosted in Samhain and Beyond
"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.
Posted in Owl Down
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...
Read full commentPosted in Ostrich eggs and elephant milk
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