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I have 1266 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5669501 times and 531 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Through The Mist Of Time

Recalling in moments of silence the clarity of nature's balance... where rhythms most fragile are born in spring, deep rooted in time, repeated...
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Tomography

Dear diary... I was back to the hospital on Thursday 16th April 2026. Appointment with the doctor to find out the results of my very stressful test...

My Time In A & E ( PT 2 )

Dear diary... Still waiting in A & E It was now the middle of the night before another doctor came and spoke to me at around 3am in the morning...
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My Time In A & E

Dear diary... I never thought that I would be back in A & E. almost ten years from the last time I was there. It began on Tuesday February 24 th...
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Let's Make Believe

Dear diary... Unexpectedly showing up carved into beautiful wood, I can't help thinking there lies the beginning of an emerging poem. I found this...
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2842 of my comments have received 2922 Great Feedback votes

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You've spoken from the heart

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2025

You've spoken from the heart Harry. Being one who suffers from anxiety myself, to a degree I can understand how you feel. Perhaps going through what you went through led you to that job you've just retired from, it meant that you could have...

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Posted in The Rest of My Life: The End of Work

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Hi Turlough, 

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2025

Hi Turlough, 

that setting for Aeras Cafe-Snack-Restaurant sounded wonderful. It always reminds me how stunning the Greek Islands must be, though I've never been. The food sounded yummy too.

You know, I still have my worry beads...

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Posted in Island of Dreams

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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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