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45 collections on the site.
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Jean Day
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Bridge Holiday in Luxor - January 1996 - Difficulties with Roommate
I booked the bridge holiday to Luxor, knowing that I would have to take pot-luck on who I shared a room with, but thinking it was bound to be okay...
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Uncle Frank Suchla - a bad man probably
Having given one of my husband's ancestors a bad name, I should do the same for mine, I knew a lot about Frank Suchla before this last bit of...
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Relatively Speaking
One of my hobbies these days is to find out all I can about my children's English ancestors. When I started doing this about 15 years ago, there was...
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Letter to Kathleen after my Dad died - 1976
(I have been going through my letters to my sister, which her daughter brought to me a few weeks ago. Most of them are very ordinary and boring, but...
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Last Tango in Paris and the Green Eyed Monster
Bill and Bett, James and Jill and Philip and I were nearly the first on the dinner cruise boat, the highlight of our week, and it transpired that we...
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Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Hi Rhiannon
I don't think I was around to read these when they were published the first time. They are wonderful. Perhaps you could make them into a booklet and self-publish them. If you want my help in doing that, let me know.
Jean...
Read full commentPosted in Through the year month by month
Hi Bee
Posted on Fri, 19 Dec 2014
Hi Bee
Another very good poem for your collection of work on abused women. Have you thought of publishing it as a group? Or getting in touch with someone who would have contact with a woman's shelter who possibly publishes a newsletter or...
Read full commentPosted in Dark Ages
Hi onemore
Posted on Tue, 20 Aug 2019
Hi onemore
This is so good. You start with the absolute beginning and get more and more complicated and involved in life. Beautifully done.
Jean
Read full commentPosted in Morning
Hi Hudson
Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2019
Hi Hudson
I enjoyed this too, and although not from the PE point of view, I could identify with the nuns in the school bits. I don't think any Americans would eat pizza with a knife and fork. I was absolutely amazed when my...
Read full commentPosted in Gym Shorts and Sneakers 1963
Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2019
Hi Rhiannon
Lovely images of orangey things. One of my favourite colours and without the cateracts, my entire world of colour has changed. I bought a coat which I thought was an orangey brown - and it turned out to be a pinky pumple. I...
Read full commentPosted in Colours for Kids 9)
Hi Elsie
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Hi Elsie
This was a very interesting and emotional story about you and your family, and death and relatives and London. I found it very moving. I like the idea of giving roses or trees or something living to remember people who have died....
Read full commentPosted in Outcomes of my Dad's recent Funeral in London
Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Wed, 17 May 2017
Hi Rhiannon
I really like this. Sunset is my favourite time of the day, but you made a good case for sunrise too.
Jean
Read full commentPosted in Swallowed up?
Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Tue, 09 May 2017
Hi Rhiannon
This is great. I like the quotes, and how you expand and interpret them.
And so true.
Jean
Read full commentPosted in A stitch in time …
Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sun, 30 Oct 2016
Hi Rhiannon
I see the choice of commenting directly have been taken away and replaced with a like. Anyway, I do like it and sang it through to the tune, which worked well.
Jean
Read full commentPosted in Uniquely Important
Hi Rhiannon
Posted on Sun, 23 Oct 2016
Hi Rhiannon
I like this hymn, and the way it mentions history for evidence.
Jean
Read full commentPosted in Absurd?
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