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I have 1997 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3689651 times and 612 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Two bowls

His job to put fresh food waste out (and through the day she piled the lot into a bowl upon the shelf) but often he forgot. One day he heard her give a shout – ‘Where is my salad bowl …

The Servant King (Maundy Thursday)

A gentle King who on a donkey rode, and then humility he also showed by washing feet – but know this humble King has all the mighty power which can...

Jesus approaching his departure

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The time was coming soon – he knew just what he’d have to bear and do in love to save his people – all who...

Looking down on the city’s departures …

Like spokes on a wheel they travel out far in all directions, by train or car. Going where? and Why? … When weary of going will they be knowing …

Answers – Clarity

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Wisdom’s calling: answers now for those troubled, wondering how to make sense of troubled days, progress...

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1453 of my comments have received 1495 Great Feedback votes

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I've just noticed the 'Poetry

Posted on Sat, 09 Apr 2016

I've just noticed the 'Poetry Monthly' section, and so noticed this. You've packed a lot in cleverly. I don't agree with evolutionary assumptions, but in a now 'fallen/damaged' world the poor housefly does show us such a mixture of beauty and...

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Posted in Musca Domestica (Poetry Monthly)

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Chock-full to bursting with

Posted on Thu, 07 Apr 2016

Chock-full to bursting with so much to think about, things to laugh about, things to appreciate of your struggles, be drawn back with you to happy memories of young-mother days (but long forgotten the struggles and insecurities of those times)....

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Posted in Not Quite Fern Hill (Poetry Monthly)

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Maybe if you were trying to

Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2016

Maybe if you were trying to inspire young artists and drew them in to look at that detail of the tree, and talked of the changes you'd observed over the years, maybe it would get them interested in drawing the whole with more understanding....

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Posted in The Art of Art

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Hard work and nature-watching

Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2016

Hard work and nature-watching (lovely to see lapwings) can be very refreshing and shake frustrations out. Rhiannon

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Posted in Not Just Any Sunday

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I've been bouncing this off

Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2016

I've been bouncing this off my son who's here at the moment and has just been doing a music PhD as well as teaching violin and piano, and composes. I think the substance of what he said is that electronic music would have to improve a lot in the...

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Posted in Electronic Music

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Enjoyed all the descriptions

Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2016

Enjoyed all the descriptions of bulbs, and the planting, Tina.

How ironical it is that only entombment
will bring life to these shrivelled, brown beings;
so reminiscent of 'unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and...

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Posted in The Naming of Bulbs

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Intersting tour for someone

Posted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016

Intersting tour for someone who has no awareness of modern art trends, but enjoys occasional local displays in cafes, library etc, and different pottery displays and ideas. I have a friend, who, a skilled painter, spends much time on art classes...

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Posted in Today's Art Scene

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Enjoyed the series of cameos,

Posted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016

Enjoyed the series of cameos, and especially the waves crumbling at the boy's feet, and the jet-skiers nearly being dethroned. Rhiannon

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Posted in At the beach

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Care is more palliative in a

Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2016

Care is more palliative in a hospice nowadays, isn't it? I suppose that is part of the difference between being in a hospital or hospice at such a time? Rhiannon

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Posted in A Passing Thought (Poetry Monthly)

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Seems some deep poignant

Posted on Fri, 11 Mar 2016

Seems some deep poignant disillusionment. Serenity will always get disturbed in this life, and even with respect and honesty in companionship, so much hurt can happen. I hope you know some real serenity and hope in midst of the cacophony times....

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Posted in Sunlight like smiles

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