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I have 2161 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
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Not to everyone’s taste!

“Just a spoonful of sugar halps the medicine go down … in a most delighful way” ‘I want to feel well but not with that awful strawberry-pink taste...
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Not ‘hope-so’ but ‘hope-sure’

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … It’s totally reliable, – each promise, rule that God has said – unrockable, unchangeable …
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Extract!

Little (molar) tooth so ragged, broken now just small and jagged: need to take out what remains, anaesthetising likely pains, but the roots are odd...
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When bad news is good news

Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] … Like if we have a warning of danger imminent – a coming great tsunami that we cannot prevent. …
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Bannau Brycheiniog**

(1/7/24) Stark and striking Pen-y-fan’s double peak* towers up on the Beacons wall-backdrop behind the Visitors’ Centre. We walk along the paths mown...
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1549 of my comments have received 1598 Great Feedback votes

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A mixture of cold and warmth

Posted on Tue, 24 Jan 2023

A mixture of cold and warmth and hope. A sense of pivot point. Rhiannon

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Posted in A View of the Hudson

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I had to look up 'gelid'  The

Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2023

I had to look up 'gelid'  The last two lines were just as it happens with the sight taking us by surprise. January seems very dried up, sere, despite all the moisture underfoot, but the cloudscapes can be very beautfiul. Rhiannon

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Posted in She said her name was Winter

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That's not near where you

Posted on Sun, 22 Jan 2023

That's not near where you live though is it? Have you been there?

A lovely description of the sky scene combined with the smells of the fresh forest! Rhiannon

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Posted in Borealis

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The residents there do seem

Posted on Sat, 21 Jan 2023

The residents there do seem to be more mentally alert than in most/many homes, with little hearing/sight/dementia problems. But our experience of 2 homes where most/many residenst do have such debilities,has been of some very good activity ladies...

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Posted in Down with the old folks

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There wasn't so much keeping

Posted on Fri, 20 Jan 2023

There wasn't so much keeping in contact through email and facebook etc in those days was there?

Sometimes you may suddenly meet again, and maybe see how you have all got on despite some of the follies of youth.

Otherwise you need to...

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Posted in SuperSneaker

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The bus driver must have been

Posted on Tue, 17 Jan 2023

The bus driver must have been quite brave, – swans can be quite dangerous, especially if they think you are attacking them! They have a hefty swipe with those wings I think, and maybe the beak. Rhiannon

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Posted in Extraordinary Experience On The Bus

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A lovely flight of many

Posted on Tue, 17 Jan 2023

A lovely flight with many scenes pictured, with a wonderful final sight!  Rhiannon

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Posted in The Great and Secret Show

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Succinct and wise! Rhiannon

Posted on Thu, 12 Jan 2023

Succinct and wise! Rhiannon

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Posted in Weather

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Interesting honesty of the

Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2023

Interesting honesty of the pressures and confusions that can overwhelm at that age, - parents and friends/mentors need to be aware  and try to prepare their youngsters. And fascinating the steam opportunities and experiences you had. Look forward...

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Posted in Part 2 of the Union: 1973

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My grandfather wasa 

Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

My grandfather wasa  stonemason on a Welsh valley hillside. Memories of visiting there were of drizzle and wetness a lot I think, but we were allowed to play in the graveyard next door, so it wasn't actually raining all the time, but we had to...

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Posted in Why Does It Always Rain In Graveyards?

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