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I have 2104 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5034977 times and 656 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1537 of my 13,393 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1585 votes

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Westope Wood Hill

(30/7/21) Steep up the hill ’til reach the woody crown, and see so far; stop and stare, let your eyes take their fill; stroll round the wood to the...
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Caution!

Sly and wily, slick and slippery, shrewd and shifty, slinky, stealthy, snaky, sneaky, cunning, canny, conniving, contriving, artful, astute,...
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God is, and is love

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A God at the heart of the universe, a love that is willing to serve us and bless. In person he came – not to...
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False Hope

Risking much for gain or loss on a superstitious toss; ‘Good’ luck fostering compulsion to a frequent repetition thus a strangling addiction slide to...
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Paid! Record Cleared!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The fine was paid, the prisoner released, foreboding of incarceration ceased. Now free to leave, no...

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1537 of my comments have received 1585 Great Feedback votes

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You've again skilfully woven

Posted on Tue, 01 Dec 2015

You've again skilfully woven your tale, with rhythm and rhyme, and many sharp points being made (eg the counterparts of diamonds, hearts, are never clubs or spades.)
When there are injustices seeming done, and conclusions maybe...

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Posted in Shut-Down City

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an encouragement to cherish

Posted on Tue, 01 Dec 2015

an encouragement to cherish the good memories, and lay some down - in our own lives and in others'. Rhiannon

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Posted in Years Ago Yesterday

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Men searching, seeking to

Posted on Fri, 27 Nov 2015

Men searching, seeking to understand … get a glimpse, but can't see the whole of the answer … only supernatural revelation can do that, fill in the gaps, even help us understand the words we are told, or as much as we need to know. Rhiannon

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Posted in a piece of art

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Interestingly put, Tina. So

Posted on Thu, 26 Nov 2015

Interestingly put, Tina. So easy to get distraught over loose ends, and to miss 'jobs' more important or just noticing some beauty, which you so well describe.

(on rainbows, we were thrilled a couple of days ago in seeing a bright wide '...

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Posted in Ironing Unironed

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Brings the era to life, or

Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2015

Brings the era to life, or its trappings to memory. The longing for hugs is always there, whether the home be relatively poor, or rich, and whether we have them or don't, the value of them remains clearly felt. Rhiannon

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Posted in For Sale - Sold as Seen

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At least he knew he didn't

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2015

At least he knew he didn't look his age! Rhiannon

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Posted in The Engagement Party

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This would make a lovely

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2015

This would make a lovely journal entry. And each observation brings in touch or sound as well as colour. It somehow feels tantalizing that you could develop it a bit more. Rhiannon

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Posted in Summer

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The walk around the town, and

Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2014

The walk around the town, and her irritation over Alfred Jones' visits makes her seem more real, not just a line drawing of someone long ago! The Slug and Lettuce - what a fascinating name for a pub, must be some interesting history to...

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Posted in Consequences - Chapter 18

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This seems a development of

Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2015

This seems a development of one the other day you took off? But more clearly of the change with aging  now. Hard when the touch and the speech and memory decays. The title intrigued me as I've been working on one entitled 'Show and tell', but at...

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Posted in Kiss and Tell (Poetry Monthly)

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It is so nice to have

Posted on Fri, 06 Nov 2015

It is so nice to have attention drawn to the detail of one little flower. You notice so much more than with a big bloom. I remember looking long at one autumn leaf with a little girl I was helping to look after, and making a poem on that, and her...

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Posted in In Passing

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