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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 601276 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1932 of my 5,899 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1990 votes

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Gold cherry

to a pear

on the top shelf of our Co Op's reduced to clear section alone an economy bag of pears knobbly green and slightly bruised as a Martian footballer's...
Cherry

part 15

It was like a monster Mary couldn't see, wanting to rip her to bits like tissue paper, and squash her all at the same time. It screamed in her ears...
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Gold cherry
Poem of the week

tree time

cold admonishment as rain, taps a clean patina of advice - with foreign fluency, saps defiant thought, both truth and lies this, here, is all -...
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Gold cherry

high seas

leaf shoals race on grey twig currents as west winds lace rushing rip tides through fast colours, with quick air rinse out sluggish thoughts so free...
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RJC

His face is the waves of shipwreck slants and slashes, all going down while hand light-holds a brush to make blank paper open up like dawn to...
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1932 of my comments have received 1990 Great Feedback votes

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I feel sad whenever what you

Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2023

I feel sad whenever what you describe happens, someone nearby has cut down most of their trees, concreted over their garden, torn off an intricately carved listed wooden porch "I didn't know it was listed but it was rotten anyway" and persuaded...

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Posted in Am I a Snob?

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"had so many spams on my

Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023

"had so many spams on my account in the past, simply by trying to learn on my own, which then ends up costing me to get the computer sorted out....
When I ask anyone to show me what I need to do, I can immediately feel their impatience, as...

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Posted in Relaxed Day In Summer

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This reminded me of similar

Posted on Tue, 22 Nov 2022

This reminded me of similar journeys, powered by Spangles, but it's also fascinating for describing a time of change in how people lived,  the coming of plumbing and electricity, which now we take for granted. These wonderful memories of...

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Posted in Pengwndwn*

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yes! can see her making her

Posted on Mon, 14 Nov 2022

yes! can see her making her own homemade organic soup to throw at a painting :0)

She might even make it into a home schooling project, studying which kinds of soup are stickiest and getting the most effective chunk size. Can imagine her...

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Posted in The Pregnant Waitress (part 2 of 2)

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Hullo, did you know M&S do

Posted on Sat, 30 Jul 2022

Hullo, did you know M&S do online measurements, or even ones on the phone? If you type into google "UK how to measure for bra" M&S website is at the top, so lots of people must need this? If you go to the page, there is also an opton to...

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Posted in M&S

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" sea delivers selfless peace

Posted on Sat, 02 Jul 2022

" sea delivers selfless peace." It does. I liked this very much. 

Was a bit confused by this,, is it a crowd of crows?

"A black crowd straddles the sand....

Later the rogue tangles with another crow,"

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Posted in On Oddicombe Beach

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Great to read  Ugly Puggly

Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2022

Great to read  Ugly Puggly again, this bit is genius

"Well, if we’re gonnae go up tae the crematorium, a council van will blend in like a tombstone. And if anybody spots us, they’ll hink we’re council workers. No expect us tae move, or dae...

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Posted in Ugly Puggly 42

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Phew, I thought now Ewan was

Posted on Fri, 29 Apr 2022

Phew, I thought now Ewan was being eaten up by the mysterious monster. It is like a detective story in its own right. Write

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Posted in Sticky Wullie

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I  don't want you to change a

Posted on Thu, 21 Apr 2022

I  don't want you to change a speckle of Ugly Puggly,he is perfect, an absolutely brilliant creation.I wish so much he existed. Even though he isn't real, I feel a bit better about all the things worrying me all the time, just imagining he is on...

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Posted in Ugly Puggly 8

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I have a TERRIBLE  memory,

Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2022

I have a TERRIBLE  memory, but very good writing, sticks :0)

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Posted in Don't Look at the Sheikh

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