Penny4athought

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"Willow's Tail" 25

By Penny4athought on Sat, 05 Mar 2022

Perfidia stared at Jon’s retreating figure with apprehension. “What if his pet cat is that midnight menace?” “We’ll find out soon enough if it is.”...

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"Willow's Tail" 24

By Penny4athought on Sun, 09 Jan 2022

Perfidia placed a small plate of scrambled eggs in front of Willow and the cat licked her hand. She froze, unsure what it meant. She’d never had a...

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"Willow's Tail" 23

By Penny4athought on Mon, 03 Jan 2022

Martha stepped into the bedroom as the memories rose up like lit paper causing a brush fire of emotions she didn’t want to feel. That long ago summer...

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"Willow's Tail" 22

By Penny4athought on Thu, 04 Nov 2021

Perfidia walked over and looked at the card with her name on it sitting by Gloria’s entry. “Did you switch them?” she asked Gloria, but not with...

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373 of my comments have received 394 Great Feedback votes

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This sounds like a place I

Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022

This sounds like a place I would love to visit. I love nature especially on a blustery day; it does make you feel alive, the winds, warm or chilled, have a way of stirring the soul. I loved this poem and the place it took me to. Thank you for...

Posted in Up On The Ridgeway

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Hi Di-hard, so happy you're

Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022

Hi Di-hard, so happy you're reading along. Hadn't thought of a sequel but you're right, it's possible. I’m trying to finish this with a worthy ending but I'll miss these characters too; they've been fun to create and get to know...hmmm, maybe a...

Posted in Willow's Tail" 26

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You have a human voice in

Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022

You have a human voice in your writing: it stings, it cajoles it pains. This is written with such clarity and emotion and will resonate with anyone who has had circumstances such as these with a parent. Excellent story!

Posted in I Used To Have a Garden

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A poignant story, it ripped

Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022

A poignant story, it ripped at my heartstrings. This is so well written, believable dialogue, excellent scene setting and dimensional characters. The beginning draws you intimately into the family and their circumstances and it has a humorous...

Posted in Wait!

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A beautiful poem enriched by

Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022

A beautiful poem enriched by your memories Jenny.

Posted in Brief Moments To Imagine

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This is what great poetry

Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022

This is what great poetry does- it opens up the marketplace of ideas and encourages discussion, and your intense poem has done that, I've learned so much from reading all the varying comments and found myself agreeing and disagreeing in varying...

Posted in Listening to the News 2/3/22

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Tearful reading this one and

Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022

Tearful reading this one and stirred the pain in my heart as I too lost my precious pup over year ago but his trusting, loving eyes ...I will never forget.

Posted in Good Bye My Friend

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I hear the love for the

Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022

I hear the love for the animals throughout your story and I have to say, didn’t see the ending coming that you’d find your best friend. I love dogs, well truth is, I love all animals, but dogs have been the major best friends in my life. I lost...

Posted in How I Came to Meet Eric

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Enjoyed this slice of life

Posted on Tue, 11 Jan 2022

Enjoyed this slice of life story; It could have been a sweet, 'other time tale,' only for the fact it is threaded with current day issues and modern day humor, sooo much humor, I smiled throughout my reading it. You have kept this humor even ...

Posted in A Hot Little Model from France

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The connection of Mistletoe

Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021

The connection of Mistletoe to the Mistle thrush exemplifies that all of nature has a reason for being, both destructive and life supportive. The sorrow of birdlime used to trap delicate birds shows the heartbreaking use by man of this natural...