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pondering

By Di_Hard on Fri, 05 Apr 2019

jelly ellipsis or small eyeballs with tiny pupils, or thought bubbles, each containing a full stop No! A full beginning a drip of ink After some...

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First Walk Of April

By Di_Hard on Thu, 04 Apr 2019

Step on a moon stone to cross the stream - Van Gogh’s Starry Night - willow flowers pollen halo’d in swirling water.dark. Sun-coin's cloud-pursed. In...

herring gull gallantry

By Di_Hard on Thu, 28 Mar 2019

If you wait till half past six there's cheap bread at the Co op or donuts for 16p. So now, after chores are done I put on my coat (it's still cold...

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not just a citrus

By Di_Hard on Wed, 27 Mar 2019

Sunny smelling mangoes and carrots for a snowman's nose rough and griity builders' sand or some ducks from knees to toes. Pumpkins carved on...

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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...

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...

Posted in That's Life ( Pt 3 )

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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...

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...

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...

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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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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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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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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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...