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I have 2170 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
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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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When there has been hurt

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Forgiving one who’s done you wrong, who does not seem aware of any guilt or failure, hurt, nor of a barrier...

Everyone important!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and then again 10 lots of 10 make such a lot – that's a 100 sheep you've got! (a lot!) Jesus told a story one day of...
Cherry

Boisterous Youth

Large field, herd of frisky bullocks (or heifers?) far off the other side; inquisitively they start moving together to see who we are; a noise behind...
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1552 of my comments have received 1601 Great Feedback votes

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They are certainly so

Posted on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

They are certainly so beautiful, and the 'pink snow' of town avenues.

The huge displays in Japan seem to be very impressive, and understandably I suppose the tree and its flowers gets a special place in Buddhism and Shintoism.

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My 'Mamgu' wom I wrote about

Posted on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

My 'Mamgu' who I wrote about again recently, lived at Maesteg, and my mother grew up there. I wonder if you will have more about his time in China. I read something that seemed to implicate him in one of the 'opium wars' - ??? Must be difficult...

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Posted in Maria's Diary 24

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Lovely description of your

Posted on Sun, 13 Jun 2021

Lovely description of your walk in the woods, plants and watched hedgehog. Encouraging others to note such detail and appreciate at this time of year. As you say such a wonderful home we've been given, we admire the power and lights around the...

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Thank you. A warning that

Posted on Sun, 13 Jun 2021

Thank you. A warning that saves from danger and points to a good present must be kind! Like calling a child from rushing into the road, and from getting lost, to the way back home! Rhiannon

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Posted in Warnings are kind

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A lot of ineteresting detail

Posted on Fri, 11 Jun 2021

A lot of ineteresting detail amongst the mundane of reporting, and that is what makes reading the ordinary accounts of the time worthwhile, and you realise these are real people not just statistics.

They had tresured their time with...

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Posted in Maria's Diary chapters 23-24

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You describe well the

Posted on Mon, 07 Jun 2021

You describe well the mingling of memories, some clear, some much more vague, coalescing over the years of time as we get older, but various threads emerging! Rhiannon

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Posted in In The Stillness Of Late Years

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Such vafied, responsible work

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Such vafied, responsible work he was given. He must have been considered a good investigator and reporter on these matters.

You headed the entry 15 June. But he died 20 June. Did you mean for her to be writing on 25 June? Rhiannon

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Posted in Maria's Diary 19

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What a journey! And

Posted on Fri, 28 May 2021

What a journey! And interesting about her asking for baptism as an adult to delaclare commitment. And to have that encouragement from, and information about,Florence Nightingale.

You must have trawled through many sources!  Rhiannon

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Posted in Maria's Diary 18

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Highlighting our smallness!

Posted on Thu, 27 May 2021

Highlighting our smallness! And yet we're made able to know the Creator! Rhiannon

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Posted in I am..

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Sorry, you've lost me in

Posted on Tue, 25 May 2021

Sorry, you've lost me in these, Di! Though, as far as the ending is concerned, my hope isn't in what mankind can/might/won't achieve, but a certainty stated for a future definite and good to be installed by God, before too long. Rhiannon

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Posted in time flies

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