Jane Hyphen
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Parcel for you...Part 19
He heard some sort of meaningless laughter. Vanessa was sputtering like a very underpowered engine, emitting nervous breathy giggles in sporadic...
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Do you like this colour?
I really like this colour You keep saying that It brightens the room So much better than what was there before It was very difficult to choose What...
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In the Bath
I’m always in the bath. Preferring my reflection all distorted on the taps. Preferring the wet water to the droughty winter air. I’m friendly with...
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Parcel for You..Part 18
Spencer was staring intently out of the kitchen window, moving his head to focus on the treetops and then back down to the lawn. ‘Three blackbirds,’...
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Productivity is Dead
Productivity is dead We should slow the hell down And enjoy being alive instead Bill Gates talking about AI The white collar workforce shrinking away...
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This makes me want to return
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
This makes me want to return to Cornwall, Jenny, I haven't been back for years, since a very cold Easter with the children. I hadn't heard of this lady, Mary Kelynack. She sounds like an absolute legend. What a life! I bet she slept well at night...
Read full commentPosted in The Fish Hawker
An extremely entertaining
Posted on Fri, 23 Feb 2024
An extremely entertaining read Turlough and very funny in parts. What a character, from what you describe a cheerful, good spirited person despite his tendency to cadge what he wants rather than earn it through conventional means. Semi-ferel...
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Magical. Those plants growing
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2024
Magical. Those plants growing, 'in the wrong place', have no idea of their crime.
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Sleeping in your car at this
Posted on Sat, 24 Feb 2024
Sleeping in your car at this time of year must be freezing and damp too. I used to give money to homeless but someone said it goes straight into the hands of criminal gangs so I stopped. If only the problem was improving. Our government can't/don...
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This made me smile, Luigi. A
Posted on Thu, 22 Feb 2024
This made me smile, Luigi. A metalwork coarse was the closest I've come to alchemy. Vinegar and cod liver oil sound like a remedy for modern ailments.
Read full commentPosted in Chemistry (sort of)
I hope something can be done
Posted on Fri, 23 Feb 2024
I hope something can be done to minimise this lady's suffering. You're correct about dogs; when my dog reached the end I was very careful to detach myself emotionally so that his suffering was minimal. I'm with you on TKMaxx, I'm not near one...
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A mosaic of eclectic humour,
Posted on Tue, 20 Feb 2024
A mosaic of eclectic humour, like looking at a handful of colourful photographs held together with a theme, getting older?
Read full commentPosted in Afternoons Without Spoons
Very powerful as others have
Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Very powerful as others have said. The idea of violence perhaps a more uplifting and empowering respite from the grief, especially since your daughter's death was avoidable. I can imagine the twists and turns of anger being straightened,...
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I've had a few of those
Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2024
I've had a few of those nights this winter. Hot water bottles, thermal tops, a cat behind my legs that doesn't want to move. You can't beat a hot water bottle, even the smell of them makes me feel warmer. As children we called them 'hottlepottles...
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I try to keep the boiler on
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
I try to keep the boiler on side, Di, I flatter it with compliments. My mum has one of those ancient boilers which never breaks, although she's been told it will be condemned. The bathroom is where the brain is, I like that idea. I leave it there...
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