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I have 2149 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5479343 times and 674 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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In Welsh the word for 18 is ‘two-nines’ (deunaw) in the Breton language it is ‘three-sixes’ (triwec’h) …
Cherry

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Haiku example: 'Winter life withdrawn, safely shielded from the cold …'
Cherry

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How many legs has a caterpillar?
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1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 =

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sonnet … scales … moon

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1542 of my comments have received 1589 Great Feedback votes

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How you picture the flashing

Posted on Mon, 25 Apr 2016

How you picture the flashing thoughts filming through the mind in a second.

Lovely last two lines. Rhiannon

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Posted in Diagnosis a True Beginning

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Evokes the warmth and

Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2016

Evokes the warmth and relaxation and hum of a summer day, where so much is growing and fruitful and living anew. Rhiannon

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Posted in Where the Bee Sucks

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Thank you for the reminder

Posted on Tue, 19 Apr 2016

Thank you for the reminder that it is Parkinson's Awareness Week, and for the perseverance of the two of you, and your daughter's input and willingness in the background. As you say, the brain is such a complex organ, and there seem to be...

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Posted in Exactly What is Parkinson's, Anyway?

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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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