lenchenelf
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I have 230 stories published in
8 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 561918 times
and 172 of my stories have been cherry picked.
191 of my 1,590 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 204 votes
Maddalena
Doodles, scribbles and poesy.
Has the tact of a tin of mushy peas lobbed through a plate glass window.
Why? We're all folk, that's why.
Thank you for reading.
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My stories
Lit
The weight of fallen leaves/ youngest grandson doodle
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You picked the wrong time to ask.
Spitoon doodle
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They Were Only Children
Emptiness
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Possibly..
Posted on Sat, 09 Nov 2019
...the most memorable and resonating piece I've read this year. Your ability to bring sense of place, immediacy of actions and effect within a context of past events are skilfully controlled and enviable, you never let the narrative run away from...
Read full commentPosted in Trees on the Arapuni Road
Balance
Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2025
of dark and light in your tale.
The whole overwhelming shenanigans is a puzzle yet to be solved,
Best to you
Lena
Read full commentPosted in The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube
O.My.Word.
Posted on Fri, 01 Nov 2024
...and many, many more of yours I hope.
Your work bristles with closely observed satire, irony and shenanigans. Carefully layered in design sequence and narration to reveal multi-faceted humour in revelatory episodes.
(or you may...
Read full commentPosted in The Politician's Daughter
Addiction
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
...is part of the human condition and I think I'm developing one for your monthly gazettes :)
Still chuckling at
"going to a Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa match and shouting ‘Give us an L.’ "
best to you
L
Read full commentPosted in Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man
Perspective and Questions
Posted on Fri, 07 Jun 2024
A clever satire of who we are and what lies at the core of humanity, including a need to control and direct others and their personal behaviour? I recall being rigorously teased because not only do I still occasionally thank it (eh, what??? yes,...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 27
Acceptance
Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
... is a fluid warmth brought by folk throughout the world whose meaning becomes clear in their actions. Gently bringing that warmth through personal history is one of the talents you have Turlough.
I remember the Seacroft area, in those...
Read full commentPosted in Lingo Bingo
Sharp and poignant
Posted on Tue, 28 Feb 2023
Dementia, confusion and dignity seem to be measured by 2.5ml spoons for Social Care packages: that's what elder loved ones become. Folk and their sense of self and worth lost in the mix of "measured" care.
Best to you
Lena xx
Read full commentPosted in Godot's Ghost
:)
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
Good stuff Jack; I can see what Ewan means in his well measured comment, it is startling, but in UP's defence and character so far, so is he, and quite like a few folk I know who will, prompted or not, become very concise and articulate when...
Read full commentPosted in Ugly Puggly 7
Stripped down
Posted on Wed, 09 Mar 2022
language, controlled, the poem becomes an embodiment of the poetic voice in pain.
Very, very good
L x
Read full commentPosted in Nil by Mouth
Buffoonery
Posted on Wed, 24 Nov 2021
... emanating from any political/ideological standpoint leaves said performance open to a prod in a free and democratic society, and Ewan delivers a goodly poke in a satirical music-hall/ballad style as would have been tradition for many a...
Read full commentPosted in It Seems Our Leader Is Unwell
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