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I have 1259 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5299314 times and 523 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2831 of my 19,605 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2913 votes

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Cherry

Dear Mum,

Sitting in the garden, the brief memory of your voice echoes through trees, carried on happy breezes that cool the spirit. Recollections come...
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Summer Madness

Beware! Summer madness of Amanita Muscaria, rising like a scarlet temptress she flourishes; white puffs flirt though deadly kisses disperse, leaving...
Cherry

The Beat Goes On

Spin a dream catcher spider outside my window pane, take away my nightmares fill the air with pleasant dreams, for encounters while out walking...
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Easter Thoughts

Now! Still the air, revealing beauty of maiden petals, vases in airy rooms, rose hip kisses of open buds, bringing a welcome to the Easter home. In...
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Conceived In Isolation

Will sweet nectar of her garden be too much to resist? Hunger ancient and mysterious as liquid ambrosia given to gods. Filling time in cautious...

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2831 of my comments have received 2913 Great Feedback votes

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Such a sensitive write. Your

Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024

Such a sensitive write. Your account of looking after your mum brought back memories of myself looking after my dad for weeks before he died of cancer. It's horrible to watch a parent fading away. I remember my dad saying he was going on a final...

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Facing up

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Thank you for sharing this

Posted on Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Thank you for sharing this experience, I'm sure it will help a great many people who will identify with the same situations.

Jenny.

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Respite

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Creative poem stirring the

Posted on Wed, 28 Aug 2024

Creative poem stirring the imagination with impressive visions.

Jenny.

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Posted in Building A Raven

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Only you know who is telling

Posted on Sun, 25 Aug 2024

Only you know who is telling the truth Penny...is it Daphne or Avery? They're both so cunning.

Looking forward to finding out more.

From a confused Jenny. ...

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 16

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What a stroke of luck the

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024

What a stroke of luck the girl took a picture of the car before it went through the carwash...such genius should be rewarded by her boss.

Great story.

Jenny.

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Posted in The meek shall inherit the earth

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This woman Jeannie might be

Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2024

This woman Jeannie might be safe, but I'm worried about poor Archie and Josiah and all that water that's rising.

You're certainly keeping the tension going and I'm looking forward to next part.

Jenny.

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Posted in The Jean Genie (Dead Reckoning series - Part 23)

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What an amazing achievement

Posted on Fri, 23 Aug 2024

What an amazing achievement to reach 105 Rhiannon. I love how the family really take the time to make her birthday so special. It's having a loving famiily like yours that's so important, even though she's not always sure of what's going on,  It'...

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Posted in Fading, but happy – 105!

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I can relate to this poem. I

Posted on Wed, 21 Aug 2024

I can relate to this poem. I often look at old photos of friends I once knew and wonder where they are now, whether they're still alive, or how they look now that we're so much older.

It's sad to think that we had so much in common when we...

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Posted in Shorthand conversations

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I love this I P poem Rhiannon

Posted on Wed, 21 Aug 2024

I love this I P poem Rhiannon, especially the second stanza. Clouds always catch my eye. I love how they can change shape as they move across the sky. Imaginative and a joy to read.

Jenny.

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Posted in Pareidolia

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Hello Di,

Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024

Hello Di,

I had an x ray done on my hip and the surgeon said I would need a hip replacement, but he wasn't sure that was where the pain was coming from, so I had to go back to the hospital last Friday and have a scan done on my lumber...

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Posted in Caught In Charm Of What I See

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