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I have 2063 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 4521880 times and 639 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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They aren’t missing!

They used to think that soon they‘d find a ‘missing link’ between mankind and apes; they drew imaginative posture and facial shapes – all from discovered tooth – excitement big, – then found to be the tooth of a pig! Then …
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The Rebel’s Regrets

""I miss the farm, I miss the food, I miss the calm: It was so good. Those friends have proved so false, they spent my cash they loved, then upped...

Amazing development!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Incredible development of baby in the womb, such growth and transformation fast for independence soon...

How far can a little stickiness spread?

Jam on their cheeks and jam on their paws, jam on the chairs, and jam on the doors: lick and pick it off the bread – How far can a little stickiness...
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Cherry

The Jam-man!

drawer … Cistern… toilet-seat … in this chair … In case of emergency, ask …!
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1505 of my comments have received 1548 Great Feedback votes

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'Freedom for me to do what I

Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022

'Freedom for me to do what I think right' so often seems to become 'You must do what I think, and let me harrass you if you disagree with me' and so governments have to make hurried rules, knowing that full wisdom in new situations isn't there...

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Posted in Convoy to Canberra

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I don't know about swimming

Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022

I don't know about swimming with whale sharks, but that snorkelling trip sounds wonderful, and such a lovely description! Rhiannon

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Posted in Coral Bay

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I remember my husband's uncle

Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2022

I remember my husband's uncle ostentaeously offernig me to choose something from his mother's jewellery after the funeral. I had never liked or been attracted to jewels, preferring plain things made of slate or copper, or flowers I think. He was...

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Posted in Junk Jewellery

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Would have been lovely to see

Posted on Wed, 09 Mar 2022

Would have been lovely to see her needlework! I suspect she would be very careful and quite a perfectionist especially as she was meeting with the specialists.

Somehow those weddings seem to have the money to take the opulance in their...

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 27

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I felt that I could feel the

Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022

I felt that I could feel the vigorous battering and sharp temperatures freshening my face and pushing me along with you! I liked the reference to 'vacant high ground' , and the hillforts up there.. I wasn't sure of the meaning of the last two...

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Posted in Up On The Ridgeway

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Large and complex family,

Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022

Large and complex family, especially by her age. I suppose in meeting so many that one hasn't met before or for a long time at a wedding, and if she has a willingness to listen and try to understand, there will be so many complex and distressing...

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 26

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the use of consonant

Posted on Thu, 03 Mar 2022

the use of consonant alliteration makes the scene more vivid eg denim dampened,, Blinking bikelamps, Swishing spray, and  Gutters gleam with streetlit rain where the near-rhyme helps too. Rhiannon

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Posted in Night Cycling, November

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Vivid memories to enjoy and

Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022

Vivid memories to enjoy and share. Rhiannon (I hadn't heard of the hotento fig, but looked it up!)

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Posted in Brief Moments To Imagine

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An interesting vignette of

Posted on Wed, 23 Feb 2022

An interesting vignette of the time again. Rhiannon

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 25

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And then the quiet of home …!

Posted on Tue, 22 Feb 2022

And then the quiet of home …! Very descriptive of being out in the wild winds. We hear of them more in Scotland than down south, don't we? Rhiannon

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Posted in Blustery Day In Town

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