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That all-important molecule!

Clustering in clouds that shade, then through the air conveyed as welcome showers their droplets raining drenching, draining –‘life-blood’ of the...
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Jesus saw, He called; He sees, He calls

Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Matthew* sitting at his stall – Jesus saw him in the crowd. Short Zacchaeus** heard his call – seen by Jesus up a tree. Sees with …
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Discovered old postcards

My sister found a pile of postcards – some to me, some unposted by me, over sixty years old. Many memories, some mysterious (who was that friend?) … - birthday greeting from over 60 years ago…
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The thief on the cross and the Man in the middle

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] He knew so little then, but that he had no right to enter after death that heaven pure and bright. But knew...

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1542 of my comments have received 1588 Great Feedback votes

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I know you have written on

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024

I know you have written on these themes before. Are there any churches near to you. You would not have to converse much, most should understand if you indicate you'd rather not. You would need one where the preaching was Biblical and instructive...

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Posted in Isolated

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they do seem to be rather

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

they do seem to be rather bully-boys don't they? Some of the big seabirds seem so too - they are much bigger than I used to think. Do you have many magpies then? I didn't realise crows ate peanuts! Rhiannon

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Posted in Contemplating Crows

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You subtly show the

Posted on Thu, 05 Sep 2024

You subtly show the inadequacy of really trying to 'receate' a person in film-image and real-time AI-generated dialogue, and his confused unease, leaving the reader to contemplate how unreal any further contact with such a 'hologram' would be....

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Posted in Ghostbot (Part Two of Two)

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So sorry you are going

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

So sorry you are going through such a time, Jenny. A bit like a tunnel in itself. I know what being confined is like, and some difficult pain-pressures, but not like you are enduring at present. I suppose pain relief maybe brings a little easing...

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Posted in Can Life Get Better?

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He's reluctant to open the

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

He's reluctant to open the message, but then to open the link. That latter is what is dangerous, isn't it (as I've often been told!). So there's no danger to opening the message? Did he? And then hover over whether to click on the link, because...

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Posted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)

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Sensitive telling Seems to

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024

Sensitive telling Seems to have an echo of the parable of the Lost Sheep. Rhiannon

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Posted in A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (December)

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One of our grandsons has just

Posted on Mon, 02 Sep 2024

One of our grandsons has just started a year in Budapest postgrad and has been astonished at the heat, but his eczema is much better in it. Rhiannon

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Posted in For the Love of Irma Ogden

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I was helping with 'help for

Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024

I was helping with 'help for families with difficulties with young children' at a time when Asperghers started to get mentioned in meetings of helpers. And I kept thinking as aspects of it were mentioned, 'Oh, that sounds like my youngest son's...

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite

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So many memories there to be

Posted on Wed, 28 Aug 2024

So many memories there to be touched and remembered together and talked of, and still the delight of doing so together whatever ups and downs they had gone through together down the many years. Rhiannon

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Posted in What happened when Grandpa gave Grandma a miniature doll’s hardware shop on their 55th year anniversary

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It certainly had a shape and

Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024

It certainly had a shape and completeness though stirring the thoughts of 'could it have been otherwise' and 'what brought it all about'. I think what was most shocking, but realistic, was the confession that he had deliberately provoked their...

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Posted in Epilogue: The Lost Manuscript

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