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I have 2034 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
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From Purity to Mess, to bless

… And now He can burst into any man or woman flood out the strife and mess distress and selfishness with joy and Life.
Cherry

The exact time for dozing!

[This is a freshened up old one] The clock was slightly slow … He bought a clock that could compute … dozing, reading, time drifts by
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Cherry

20

… But now I’ve reached 20 – I think that that’s plenty!

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‘Straightforwardness’ is a word that …

In Bethlehem, long before …

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A stranger poor, she could but glean, on charity dependent, her faithful kindness had been seen, received...

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1490 of my comments have received 1533 Great Feedback votes

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That's a lovely picture of

Posted on Sun, 17 Mar 2019

That's a lovely picture of memories.

I have a mother-in-law in a nursing home who is troubled a lot by troubled dreams, which seem to have their roots in a life of fears and worries and anger that she suppressed and now has partially...

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Posted in This Older Man

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It's quite fun to play around

Posted on Tue, 12 Mar 2019

It's quite fun to play around with rhymes in this way, isn't it? Not to make them too lumpy, and try to see how they help to keep a rhythm going. I liked the 'blob'! And you've brought in a lot about the feelings of the situation. The form does...

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Posted in Last Week I Lost My Job (Rimus Dissolutas)

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Quirky bit of fun! Rhiannon

Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2019

Quirky bit of fun! Rhiannon

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Posted in Conversation of a Tree

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No, really, that's all very

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

No, really, that's all very interesting. The focussing on one thing not the general view I've noticed in other ways. I do think that being yourself and knowing you are concerned when someone is upset, is far better and appreciated than rushing...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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Concerning the 'eye contact

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

Concerning the 'eye contact thing' you commented to Di about – Do you think part of the problem may be often the impression being given that it means longer eye-contact than is really right or necessary. I know it can be painful for those with...

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Posted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 2) (3)

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Sobering and sad history. It

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2019

Sobering and sad history. It is useful sometimes to remember dictators and movements that seemed unconquerable and highly feared, and now are more or less forgotten.. Names come to mind even from my own lifetime.

Only One King will rule...

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Posted in Siege Of Leningrad

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Aren't they difficult to

Posted on Sun, 24 Feb 2019

Aren't they difficult to remove? I once posted a little verse, with the other problem they lead to!

https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/little-irritants

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Posted in Pet Hate.

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Very perceptive. I guess the

Posted on Thu, 21 Feb 2019

Very perceptive. I guess the bullies sadly are often really lonely insecure people, and making matters worse for themselves.

Only those who won’t fight back Are suitable as prey. and those who show they're hurt by it?

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Posted in Free From Fear

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Thank you, Insert. I think it

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2019

Thank you, Insert. I think it is the young elms we see now, in hedgrows. I think the bark has to be a certain thickness for the beetle to get in and cause trouble, so there are a lot of fairly short elms around especially in hedges, certainly in...

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Posted in The fruit of the elm

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I've been working on a poem

Posted on Sun, 17 Feb 2019

I've been working on a poem from the same idea, Graham, but not copying!

I was interested in your points at the end about causing offence by staring etc. Difficult for those struggling to understand social cues. I remember my son (whio had...

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Posted in Wot You Lookin' At?(The Eyes Have It)

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