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"The Coffee House Spy" 15

By Penny4athought on Wed, 28 Feb 2024

Thies and Brent shared a look that telegraphed they were at an impasse with the non-agent, fake, fat guy. Thies narrowed his eyes on the smug captive...

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"Life is but a Dream"

By Penny4athought on Tue, 13 Feb 2024

"It spins the imagination round, your poppycock logic of hologram life…We are solid sir not see thru projections…You jackanapes of oddities have put...

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"Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)

By Penny4athought on Tue, 06 Feb 2024

Pasty faces and foggy lands In dreams that shake the soul Phobetor weaves a tapestry Of dank and dripping shrouds To chill the blood and tremble lips...

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"The Coffee House Spy" 14

By Penny4athought on Sat, 03 Feb 2024

“Give us some answers and we may leave you in a nice place when we dump you.” Brent threatened with a cold smile. “I’ve already told you I’m a bead...

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What a marvelous character

Posted on Sun, 10 Mar 2024

What a marvelous character your Uncle Marne must have been and this was so interesting and fun to read from the viewpoint of your childhood eyes.

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Her story is sad indeed. A

Posted on Sat, 09 Mar 2024

Her story is sad indeed. A woman of remarkable courage and vision led an army into battle and won but had to hide her gender and don men's clothes - and because she was a woman, her victory awarded her, not a medal but a martyr's death. Even...

Posted in The Maid of Orleans

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"peeping Squirus Vulgaris..."

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024

"peeping Squirus Vulgaris..." --- I think his cousins live here in Florida; I've seen a few peeping squirrels looking into my windows.

I love your journal entries they are witty and enjoyable. You've brought to life a town of...

Posted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Last Orders

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Spring awakens in your lovey

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024

Spring awakens in your lovey words Jenny. Beautiful poetry:

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Posted in Rousing Spring

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I love the idea of a 100

Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024

I love the idea of a 100 words a day journal; wish I had the time to start one myself. Maybe when I retire? But that date keeps moving into infinity, so not sure when my leisure begins. But I enjoyed reading your February entries very much and...

Posted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors

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Wow...wow...This is so

Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024

Wow...wow...This is so interpretive, surreal, filled with twisting images - I loved it! The first verse took me to the white album and of course I love the Beatles (Favorite: John Lennon) so Happiness is a Warm Gun conjured his voice for me but...

Posted in Catch-me-if-you-can

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I loved this and I think we

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

I loved this and I think we all can sympathize with that stench of industry seasoning the air with unpalatable odors. Where I grew up there was a paper factory...enough said... and I loved your rhyming of each day’s pungent aroma and the shrewdly...

Posted in Cheese and Onion Tuesday

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Clever Ewan, very clever- and

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

Clever Ewan, very clever- and I fear it too- can't be sure what is real these days. AI confusion abounds, fake images on social platforms, faked voices on robocalls, dead artists singing songs and acting in films- where does it stop--where do we...

Posted in I'm Afraid of AI

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A warm and welcoming story

Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2024

A warm and welcoming story you fall into like a hug. Their ages didn’t come through until the end, very clever how this took you through the camping expedition that seemed to be in the wild and yet was actually set in the backyard of their...

Posted in The Call of the Wild

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Off the grid in the bath--

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Off the grid in the bath-- what a lovely idea---I envy you having a bath - I too have gone the way of the shower but I can remember the oveflowing bubble baths of my youth and off the grid! Soaking in a warm bath is a great place to imagine...