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I have 2059 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 4493416 times and 639 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1504 of my 13,165 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1547 votes

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Gaffe!

Was it in the 1910s? – my mother’s tale half-remembered – … the blundering effort of someone to soothe …
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Palm Sunday (6)

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] He knew He’d be killed. [With jealousy filled, some hated, despite His giving men sight.] The crowd seemed so thrilled at a gentle King, filled …
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Invertebrate Fallout!

She took out the book, for so long untouched – out fell a page which had loosened oh, how had it got so full of rot? – And look! … what’s come as...
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Disappointment and Fulfilment

Enticing bait to try what’s wrong, escaping boredom, toil, to please oneself, but before long excitements start to spoil. Young Byron felt at thirty-...
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The Best Crown

Violet velvet fills … honour … – more precious than a weighty, glittering crown.

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1504 of my comments have received 1547 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you, Jenny for your

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

Thank you, Jenny for your commendation. Very glad you enjoyed. And glad to hear from you. I had been wondering how the convalescence was going, as it can be a time of ups and downs and some frustrations. Rhiannon

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Posted in The Bears Discuss

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lovely descriptions of the

Posted on Wed, 20 Nov 2024

lovely descriptions of the walk and the hoar frost. I'm still toying whether to join instagram as your photos must be delightful, though the word descriptions are good. Down here in the Wales/England borderland we have had snow unexpectedly. Very...

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Posted in Still No Snow

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You show how raw feelings can

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

You show how raw feelings can be in anguish. Walking through the valley of the shadow of death is hard for the ill, but so much for the loved ones, who can't know how their loved ones are coping, and feel helpless. An understanding Shepherd with...

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Posted in Endings

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They were always there.

Posted on Tue, 19 Nov 2024

They were always there. Probably knew you'd come if you had anything to say, and were content if you were doing OK. Rh

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Posted in Time

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We moved from Barry to

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

We moved from Barry to Wrexham when I was 8, and found there was a coal pit hooter to hear instead (end of shift?), but I think I blanked it out after a while. Rhiannon

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Posted in The Tale of the Housemaid’s Knee

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That's a lovely evocation of

Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

That's a lovely evocation of such a deserted beach at such a time. We lived near a very busy beach when I was young, and my father used to say the best time to visit was at Christmas time, no crowds.

It is a place of end and beginning and...

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Posted in Where Maps End

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Thank you, Di. As ever it is

Posted on Fri, 08 Nov 2024

Thank you, Di. As ever it is good to hear your analysis of the effects of sound.. We share pleasurein use of the sound of words and rhythm. Rhiannon

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Posted in Firewall – Dental Portcullis!

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Very thankful to hear it went

Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024

Very thankful to hear it went smoothly, Jenny. And i hope you have a relaxed convalesence.

Your rueful story of the night bed change, brought back my recovery from a minor op a few years ago. I had a catheter, but for different reasons had...

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Posted in Hip Op The Second

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Amazing how such ideas can

Posted on Wed, 30 Oct 2024

Amazing how such ideas can fascinate and grip people, and be all-engrossing, even though with no clear idea of a happy life afterwards from their ideas either, even lonely.

And yet distracted from even investigating the offer of real,...

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Posted in Who Wants to Live Forever?

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I wonder how many costumes

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2024

I wonder how many costumes are kept and reused these days!

All will rise at the last day! (saints and the unregenerate). But for now we just have that 'faded imprint left in still faithful miinds'.

Actually the term 'unregenerate'...

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Posted in Al Hallows Eve

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