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I have 180 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 796637 times and 288 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2188 of my 6,350 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2261 votes

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two men

Once upon a time there were two boys, born on different sides of the world. Both were poor, and both were clever and both were very lucky. One boy...
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April shower

Sun is shattered by dark tree branches, splinters glint scattered on twig tips, diamond- dusting downy oval honescuckle leaves' warm green-blue,...
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Win

this meeting of trees and rushes glows, peaceful as a holy place warbler songs shimmer warm blue air where speckled wood butterflies dance from spine...
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Guernica, Stalingrad, Grozny, Aleppo, Mariupol...

Reporters list atrocities suggesting which might qualify as war crimes, while Western leaders' words slide over blood, too afraid of falling in to...
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Listening to the News 2/3/22

Does sound of our clapping drown out the bombs exploding in your homes? Our politicians stand shoulder to shoulder with ambassadors come to beg for...
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2188 of my comments have received 2261 Great Feedback votes

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Very interesting to read his

Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2018

Very interesting to read his story. I only really knew of him from hearing an interview about how by the time they let working class people into Oxford it was so dummed down there was no point going there, and that the elites never accepted him...

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Posted in Les Rowse, Philippe and I

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You are quite right Tom, it's

Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2017

You are quite right Tom, it's just a collection of nature scenes. It's just that I realised that someone from centuries ago could have seen them, too. And while I think of the wood as a beautiful place to go and see the sun and hear the birds....

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Posted in time travelling

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Loved this story :0)

Posted on Fri, 02 Jan 2026

Loved this story :0)

ps should it be clambered here ? "With that he turned away and clamored up the chimney"

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Posted in The Cat Krampus Campus (and Moment who couldn't resist not doing nothing)

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That's a fantastic title :0)

Posted on Wed, 24 Dec 2025

That's a fantastic title :0) I am glad they missed out on the trouble this one time! Happy New Year, with lots of writing :0)

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Posted in Christmas Mrs.

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That's a clever idea! This is

Posted on Wed, 24 Dec 2025

That's a clever idea! This is so like a film :0) Can imagine every scene! Thank You for posting

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Posted in "Art of Trouble" 8

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I love the rhythm at the

Posted on Fri, 26 Dec 2025

I love the rhythm at the start, as if like the Earth contained by cold the only changes are length of light. And then as the days grow longer, the order of bare soil is broken, Life and all its green wildness bursts out, and then at the end the...

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Posted in Circling

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Huge contrast you convey! The

Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2025

Huge contrast you convey! The majestic river, growing ever bigger with rain from the West joining from the fields, and the busy bright human town, all thoughts focussing on Christmas.

I hope you and all your wonderful family have a very...

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Posted in Pondering above the Wye

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Must have been great fun for

Posted on Mon, 22 Dec 2025

Must have been great fun for the set designers, so many fabulous places! I hope it was everything you wanted. Wishing you a lovely Christmas

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Posted in Trip to see 'The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe' Stirs Many Memories and Passions for Alfred Muggins!

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Thank You for this lovely

Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025

Thank You for this lovely Christmas poem :0) Wishing you a beautiful Christmas Jenny, and a Wonderful fun filled year ahead

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Posted in Christmas Is Coming

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Lovely to read a new story

Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025

Lovely to read a new story from you :0) Hope you are well, and Daisy, and you have a great Christmas!

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Posted in The Island at the End of the World (ii)

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