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Your accent tells …
They know I’m not English and ask if I’m Irish, and when that fails, they think of Wales.… …are we Wenglish? …
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Autumn carpets
Autumn carpets don’t last long, bright colour splashes turn to brown then once more the trees get battered by gales, remaining leaves released and...
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What dangers in the valley?
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A sheep on a hill on his own, far away sees the mountains of home. He’d like to arrive there for sure, but...
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Pengwndwn*
From about age 7 to 14 we had a family holiday many Augusts, a fortnight in a little cottage (called Pengwndwn*) up a little overgrown lane from its...
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Who can go into His presence?
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] They knew He is holy, they knew they were not. The temple displayed well the need they had got for mercy before they could meet Him, embrace – a substitute sacrifice to die in their place. … A Saviour would come soon …
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A mischievous tale, well
Posted on Sat, 01 May 2021
A mischievous tale, well written. The lady seems to have been quite a troubled soul. I was interested by your comment that sometimes a phrase heard stirs up a story in your mind!
Of course that can occur unrealised to someone like Susan,...
Read full commentPosted in Lanterns on the Lake
An experience to treasure. I
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
An experience to treasure. I remember when a student, diliking the (I think it was Fridays) which had to be spent all day long in a smelly old chemistry lab, one year. A few times I got myself up early and went for a short walk first just down...
Read full commentPosted in Sunrise
… and I hear that again there
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
… and I hear that again there's some outlawing the drying of washing outside, for neatness sake!!
I was also thinking of growing up with the assumption of so much food covered in plastic for hygiene and preservation, and also wrapping all...
Read full commentPosted in just deserts
I wonder if out-of-proportion
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
I wonder if out-of-proportion preoccupation with hygiene and sterilization has had the effect of over-using plastic and chemicals. Things that can be beneficial in the problems of this world now, are so easily over-used ;and abused and become the...
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Now I still feel the same
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Now I still feel the same inside.
Our bodies age, but it's still the same 'me' inside! hopefully a bit wiser, more experienced! but many happy memories of time when responsibilites were less! Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
I also was impressed by the
Posted on Thu, 15 Apr 2021
I also was impressed by the way the subjects merged! Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Storm clouds rolling in
I thought the original was
Posted on Sat, 10 Apr 2021
I thought the original was supposed to be referring to political events metaphorically somehow. Though I think when younger just liked the ryime structure of it and thought it showed love for robins!
Your poem is reminiscent of 'Silent...
Read full commentPosted in cock robin
What is quartz like on the
Posted on Tue, 06 Apr 2021
What is quartz like on the beach? Is it just a clear crystalline substaance or is it those flint lumps with grey on the outside?
I was struck by those last lines. Absorbed with measuring time, but not knowing how to meditate or look around...
Read full commentPosted in to pick up time
Quite a metaphor - mellow
Posted on Wed, 31 Mar 2021
Quite a metaphor - mellow ivory versus sparkling 'fool's gold' - 'all that glitters is not gold' is the feeling generated! I hope she keeps wanting to share and not get sucked in to their type of pride and greed! Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Gold & Ivory
Congragulations! Still a
Posted on Sat, 20 Mar 2021
Congragulations! Still a lovely encouragement to those 'young lovers' of the meaning of committment! We celebrated 50 years last summer, similarly without much gathering (and I wasn't too well), but still the best wishes. Rhiannon
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