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I have 1260 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5383812 times and 523 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2783 of my 19,435 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2864 votes

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Rapid Shift Of Weather

Those drowsy days will return, for some a welcome relief... charged with flaming celestial heat when humble pleasures will be restored. Blithe of...
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Cherry

Fleeting Moments Of My Younger Self In A Letter

Dear young Jenny, where to start! Your glow is mesmerizing and present as I paddle an ocean of smiles calling me back, setting this older version of...
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Gone But Not Forgotten

Now! With unhurried reflection of times most vivid, whispers steal here and now, leaving me spellbound by passing thoughts. Purified pulse of light...
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Cherry

Christmas Is Coming

A Poem For The Young At Heart Just a bit of fun to welcome the Season. Whilst up on the hillside ridge of snow, Could clearly see my house down below...
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Poem of the week

Happiness Of Anticipating Inspiration

Encounters attained are all different, Thoughts upon this day swiftly alter; Linking to what lies beyond. Flickers ephemeral – never repetitive,...
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2783 of my comments have received 2864 Great Feedback votes

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Ah! Bless, I think you summed

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

Ah! Bless, I think you summed up very well what your poor dog must be feeling.

I understand about the jabs too...had enough of those lately, and I have to have a shingles and pneumonia jab next week, these things have to be done I suppose...

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Posted in Why Me?

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Poor Vanessa's emotions must

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Poor Vanessa's emotions must be all over the place. She really needs some help to find Spencer, Loosing a loved one, really means she shouldn't have to cope alone. It reminds me of when my gran got dementia and left her house, not having a clue...

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 49

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Sorry I'm late to this

Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024

Sorry I'm late to this wonderful captured memory of a Christmas Harry. Can't believe I nearly missed it. You always bring back my own memories with your evocative accounts. Very much enjoyed reading.

Jenny.

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Posted in Tom All Alone (7) (i)

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What special memories Harry.

Posted on Sun, 06 Oct 2024

What special memories Harry. I loved the part about how your nan met her husband. I often wonder what my own life would have been like, had I gone down a different path.

We can learn so much about our own history by listening to our older...

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Posted in Tom All Alone (5) (ii)

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There's a special bond

Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2024

There's a special bond between you now and the younger version of yourself. It shines through in your writing, as Di said.you take the reader along on your journey that grabs the reader and hold their attention.

Funnily enough my dad came...

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Posted in Dogsbody (1)

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Hi Jane,

Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Hi Jane,

I really felt for Vanessa when Spencer said it was his idea to cook Beef Wellington. Ooh! That's so patronizing...poor woman.

The story's coming along great and I'm definitely a Vanessa fan. Not sure about Pat and Stu...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 15

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Hi Jean, 

Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

Hi Jean, 

I was watching on youtube a poem read by a poet named Maya Angelou, called Still I Rise. This poem reminded me of you and your courage, when faced with the distress you're enduring.

I'm glad that the past two weeks have...

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Posted in Friendly Fire

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You know my partner's

Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023

You know my partner's Grandparents lived in one of the Old Victorian houses on Landsdown Road in Bath, they were almost at the top of a hill in one of the very few houses that didn't get bombed in the second world war.

I don't think you...

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Posted in Nellie the Devilment

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Oh! How I yearn for the

Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2023

Oh! How I yearn for the countryside, to be at one with the landscape. Just for a moment I was right there with you in your poem, you make it seem so breathtaking.

Thank you for sharing this gorgeous poem Rhiannon, and the photos are...

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Posted in Midsummer Hill, southern end of the Malverns

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I think you've kept this

Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2022

I think you've kept this story so real. There's only so many times you can forgive someone for their aggression, then the only action you can take, is to move on, but for so many women the fear is far too great, which is very sad.

Your...

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Posted in The Last Christmas (Part Two of Two)

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