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I have 177 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 411059 times and 278 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1538 of my 5,158 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1579 votes

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Cherry

U is for Under the Tree

island in rush-before where mysteries gather arched hush in storm's furor gives small creatures cover
Cherry

T is for Tinsel and Twigs

plastic starlight glinting galaxies on a thread buds on tree-tips hinting wild faith in Spring ahead
Cherry

S is for Snow

light smooths, soothes curves; walk in sleeping prisms' peace sight's a white wall, smell's all, cold's hungry, move or freeze
Cherry

R is for Reindeer and Roe deer

proudly pull Santa Claus in sleek, gift-laden sleigh angled grace, tasting grass -* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!
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Day before a birthday

It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
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1538 of my comments have received 1579 Great Feedback votes

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Thankyou for reading, and

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Thankyou for reading, and your very thoughtful comment, Turlough. Every day there is another terrible story, heartbroken voices, shattered lives

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Posted in Two kinds of crying : 15th February 2024

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not sure I understand this,

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

not sure I understand this, at all. But I got a strong feeling of renewal. Loved "being shine". And "let us grow" is powerful

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Posted in Our Soil

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"Sinky" what a brilliant word

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

"Sinky" what a brilliant word!!!

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Posted in Up on the Mortimer Trail

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Made me smile, too :0) I

Posted on Wed, 14 Feb 2024

Made me smile, too :0) I wonder about houses, if they make us choose the colours they want

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Posted in Do you like this colour?

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Well done bringing up such a

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Well done bringing up such a brilliantly resilient son! How wonderful for him to have the possibility to live abroad working in a safe job with promotion guaranteed, that must be the goal of every parent :0) I hope his language skills are a bit...

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Posted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)

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Loved this one, and

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Loved this one, and completely agree with you! (Though I wish I saw eye to eye with our boiler, however it is well aware who is boss, and it's not the humans) Now I imagine you brewing up ideas for Parcel for You cocooned in the steam. If the...

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Posted in In the Bath

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Dreading Spencer being all

Posted on Fri, 09 Feb 2024

Dreading Spencer being all confident will tell Vanessa what to say and get her the rise! How would she cope with that?
Was very interested he gets a fuzzy feeling in his "mother"board when he sees birds feeding

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Posted in Parcel for You..Part 18

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yes, our weather is changing,

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

yes, our weather is changing, too. We keep getting very dry Springs which kill all the tadpoles, and our winters are getting colder, they used to be warmer than the mainland but every time I look, now we are colder, though nothing like as cold as...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course

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Gorgeous, Rhiannon! And the

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

Gorgeous, Rhiannon! And the energy of the rhythm is like Springtime's bustle charging up outside :0) I was hoping, when I saw the snowdrops in the woods, here, that you would do a snowdrop poem this year :0)

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Posted in Progress!

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reminded me of watching

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

reminded me of watching Minder :0) You've created a believable hero

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Posted in New Directions (11)

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