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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 771387 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2155 of my 6,273 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2224 votes

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tall storey

Once upon a time, a family was looking for somewhere to settle, came upon a piece of land and decided to build where the sun always shone and the...
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point of no return

Billionaires lobbying to avoid tax increase, while number of middle income taxpayers decreases Government can't pay education, social care, and...
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October robin

cold air's become a glitter ball with falling leaves its swirling lights as trees dance round their disco hall in fearful thrill of frosty nights now...
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part 10

Mary jumped back from the hole and went to Wong, always keeping that hole in the web in sight, as if the Monster would burst through any time. "Wake...
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Cherry

part 9

Wong moved quickly over the fallen leaves, and Mary had to keep doing little runs to keep up. She was doing one of these when Wong stopped! Mary...
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2155 of my comments have received 2224 Great Feedback votes

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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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Wow! What a writer you are :0

Posted on Sun, 13 Dec 2015

Wow! What a writer you are :0) And what a resilient person! This is so, so good. And the perfect ending, not what I had expected, but perfect :0) To have gone from the frightened young Mum at the beginning, to this person who could turn down an...

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Posted in That's Life The Conclusion

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The letters hiding in the

Posted on Sat, 04 Oct 2025

The letters hiding in the words like a stripey tiger?

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Posted in Who am I?

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Agree with Jenny, absolutely

Posted on Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Agree with Jenny, absolutely brilliant poem, Rhiannon, Thank You for posting

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Posted in Harebells

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sorry, have not found That's

Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013

sorry, have not found That's Life, yet. But I am glad I did not find it at once, or I would not have found these Diary entries :0) Could really have done with reading them, 20 years ago!

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Posted in Baby Makes Three ( Part Three )

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Jaundice! Yes, my son had

Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2013

Jaundice! Yes, my son had that. But POOR YOU, having flu as well as all this!!! I can't imagine have a worse experience, you must have been exhausted before all this even started! I AM SO GLAD they worked out about your son's soft palate, that...

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Posted in Baby Makes Three ( Part Three )

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Jenny, I found this while

Posted on Sun, 20 Feb 2011

Jenny, I found this while looking for your That's Life piece. It must have been so hard to write! Often I have heard people say "don't be defined by the bad things that have happened to you". Having read your amazingly beautiful and uplifting...

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Posted in TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES

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I like very much your

Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2025

I like very much your description of all the abundance! this whole chunk is fabulous, "crunching through a carpet of beech mast,
and walking over a pattern of sycamore aeroplanes."

There are lots of berries here, too. On the radio...

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Posted in What a lunch-spot!

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Jenny! I had no idea you have

Posted on Thu, 02 Oct 2025

Jenny! I had no idea you have been through so much hardship! What a tough start to being a Mum, when we are so tired and vulnerable, with a young life to protect. Well Done brilliant you persevering to make things better!

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Posted in All's Well That Ends Well

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Two people hurting, and not

Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2025

Two people hurting, and not talking and one trying to survive by changing, and the other by pretending as hard as he can that nothing has changed. What will happen when he wakes up the next morning? So sensitively written!

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