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I have 2142 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5400949 times and 671 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1542 of my 13,311 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1588 votes

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Cherry

How does the spider catch its fly?

Little fly that flits around bumps into a web and bound by the glue, with silk wound round when by hungry spider found; but your mind it would...

Use it well!

God made me an ear and with it I hear such music, friends’ speech. Do I listen, consider remember and ponder when …
Cherry

Heatwave

Sticky, sweaty, humid, heat, ice-cold drinks and cotton sheet, garden sprinklers, fans just blow warm air flow … waiting, drooping … a draft of cool...
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Cherry

Freshening!

Blowing, freshening, blustery gusts bracing, racing, whisking, frisking, decluttering clinging, clogging cobwebs – cast out fast by whooshing blast...
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Cherry

Moods of Ocean and River

Swelling, surging, heaving … placid calm … Hustling, bustling narrow stream tumbles into gentle Monnow which …

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1542 of my comments have received 1588 Great Feedback votes

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I suppose sometimes the logs

Posted on Thu, 23 Dec 2021

I suppose sometimes the logs were trees blown down in winter winds? We have a yew tree that started s a little self-seeding sapling, but has grown quite a big bush, and we now have to keep it from getting too big! Rhiannon

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Posted in Y is for Yule log and Yew

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Lovely picture, though bit of

Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021

Lovely picture, though bit of a shock to picture the mice. We once had one (a field mouse, it seemed)  come in and nibbled the kitchen soap. I kept the item for a while! And one once that ran through the folding futon each night, but didn't seem...

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Posted in That Christmas Feeling

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Clever ideas, neatly

Posted on Thu, 23 Dec 2021

Clever ideas, neatly expressed. Rhiannon

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Posted in X is for xxx

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Interesting. I'm sorry I didn

Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021

Interesting. I'm sorry I didn't see it before you changed it. I think you have caught the two uses of 'present'. You have to look for the hope beneath life's coverings somtimes, and with faith? Rhiannon

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Posted in W is for Wrapping Paper and Wind (another go at this)

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Quite a fun tale! We took on

Posted on Thu, 23 Dec 2021

Quite a fun tale! We took on a very simple bold '60s clock fom my parents' home, and in the end donated it to the new hall at chapel where they were needing something clear on the wall during children's games and clubs. It's still there about 10...

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Posted in Time (Clock of The Heart)

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Interesting about coats-of

Posted on Wed, 22 Dec 2021

Interesting about coats-of-arms, and places mentioned by Charles Dickens. And the jackdaw!

Do you know whether the slum areas around the church were changing at all by then when the church building was being renovated?.

I can...

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Posted in Maria and the Bellasis Family 18

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The beauty of happy music in

Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021

The beauty of happy music in both, but in the former words!

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel has wonderful words. I clicked on that link, and I think she sings the first verse in english and then moves to the latin. If you did want to...

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Posted in V is for Voices

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Provokes thought! I suppose

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021

Provokes thought! I suppose like dwelling in thoughts, and regrets of the past won't help us be useful in the here and now, but the memories in themselves can prompt us and help us sometimes to be more thoughtful and careful of how we use our...

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Posted in If I Could Turn Back Time

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Thank you. I hope you have a

Posted on Mon, 20 Dec 2021

Thank you. I hope you have a good and happy time, too. And thank you for the cherries and appreciation. I hoped it would give a bit of interesting light relief! Rhiannon

and thank you very much for all your hard work and encouragement to...

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Posted in 20

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That's a clever one! A homely

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

That's a clever one! A homely picture of your home warmth and love, and then to the outside shelter! Rhiannon

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Posted in U is for Under the Tree

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