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I have 2193 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5858627 times and 694 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Don’t feel 'at home'

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] I do not feel ‘at home’ here, an ‘alien’ now exiled, for evil things are done here and everything’s defiled...
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Am I …, have I … ?

Lion-like pride or a rhino-thick hide, vain as a peacock or sneaky as a fox, sly as a snake or a flattering cat, prickly as a porcupine, stubborn as...

Harvest completed, thanksgiving

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] So are you thankful? Thankful to whom? …
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Kathleen, Gladly, Teleri

… the ‘Kathleen’ substitution! … the eyes of the bear were probably rather close together … A tom-boy, but …
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1564 of my comments have received 1615 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks, Di. Where and how all

Posted on Tue, 07 Mar 2023

Thanks, Di. Where and how all were acquired can be so interesting, and all the variety. You have plenty of imagination, I can imagine you writing a story of the dolls coming to life (as in Toy Story)!

I think the baton must have come from...

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Posted in Memory Medley

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Thanks, Mark. Glad you

Posted on Tue, 07 Mar 2023

Thanks, Mark. Glad you enjoyed, and yes, there can be happiness and poignancy sometimes in memories. Rhiannon

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Posted in Memory Medley

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I too liked your description

Posted on Mon, 06 Mar 2023

I too liked your description of her her walking in a rich forest of memories where age was immaterial and material objects had no value. And though it would be nice if the ring was found (and the brother and sister-in-law cleared of that...

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Posted in The Right to Sparkle

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It was always our delight in

Posted on Mon, 06 Mar 2023

It was always our delight in getting to Pembrokeshire coastal cliffs in May. I hadn't hear of the 'leadwort' connection – is it that some plants were regarded as helping against lead poisoning? Certainly seems an apt phloxy-moron! Didn't know...

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Posted in Thrift

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We wanted tp get a bulky

Posted on Sun, 05 Mar 2023

We wanted to get a bulky cabinet typesetting machine into an old cottage we lived in. There was a tiny halll with two doors and a staircase from it, and the back way was very convoluted too. My husband (a maths teacher) made exact diagrams on...

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Posted in The Tall Bookcase

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Thanks for reading and

Posted on Sat, 04 Mar 2023

Thanks for reading and comment.

I think they must be more nutritious than refined pasta and rice, lthough those are still natural products. We do need carbohydrate, and I think there is still some fibre in the rest of the potato. Cooking...

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Posted in Undervalued potato?

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Interesting . The older we

Posted on Sat, 04 Mar 2023

Interesting . The older we get the more memories to be triggered, with scan across so many years and interlinked events.

The phrase 'Hoibson's Choice' reminded me of my grandmother being quoted as saying something like, 'Would you like...

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Posted in Seat M 15

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Interesting to put the three

Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 2023

Interesting to put the three pictures.

So-limited symbols of 'faith' can just distract and irritate.

Peace to be alone in creation can clear the mind to realise and think of the unkown realiites, and its Source and Maker;

But...

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Posted in Triptych

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They can always try to wind

Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2023

They can always try to wind Dad around their little finger with their smiles (no-one really perfect!).
I too remember saying to my daughter something like, '5 peas today, 6 next time', yet she loved cabbage! Rhiannon

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Posted in Have a Pea Princess!

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Not a 'cat-person' but

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Not a 'cat-person' but enjoyed your tale! Rhiannon

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Posted in Grayson & Otto

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