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I have 1266 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 5742294 times and 531 of my stories have been cherry picked.
2842 of my 19,636 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2922 votes

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Rhythm Of The Sioux

Part Two Dear diary...Summer of 1994 was filled with months of glorious sunshine. I was lucky enough not to be going out to work that year and so...
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An Unexpected Change

Dear diary...I can recall parts of the early 1990s like they were yesterday. It was the beginning of a change in another direction for me. I'd been...
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Woman In The Mirror

I gaze at parallel image smiling back at me, those sparkling eyes full of age old wisdom, we are like two separate entities though entirely whole,...
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Those Were The Days

Just a dear diary entry and a bit of fun inspired by the I P, about meeting with a Hawkwind freak at the Bristol Locarno when I was a teenager. Do...
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Written In The Stars

I remember one hot summer in distant past...making believe while lying on dry matted grass, beneath a sky that was so vast, feeling that my soul was...

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2842 of my comments have received 2922 Great Feedback votes

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Brilliant Jane. I felt like I

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Brilliant Jane. I felt like I was there and could see the whole scene in my mind.  Poor Vanessa can't really relax with so much anxiety about Spencer and how he's perceived, I hope having a drink helps her.

This story is really going...

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 30

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Such a striking poem Turlough

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Such a striking poem Turlough. Oh! For those simple days of going fishing with just a net on a summers day as a child and exploring the day away...you just can't beat those memories. 

Remembering many days at Kingsweston pond fishing for...

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Posted in Tang Hall Beck

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Oh! Dear, poor Archie has

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Oh! Dear, poor Archie has really been thrown in at the deep end without a life jacket. I hope he will be okay. I don't trust Precious for one minute.

Looking forward to finding out.

Keep going Phil.

Jenny.

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Posted in My Girl and Me (Dead Reckoning series - Part 18)

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Hi Turlough,

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Hi Turlough,

you have a sharp eye for threading words together to crate an impressive memoir of Eric's experience with Iceland.

I wonder if Eric would have eaten those fish fingers if he'd known where his wife got them from!

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Posted in Eric’s War

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I like how you register the

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

I like how you register the little things that probably others don't even acknowledge. Stopping to really look and listen to every sound around you is well presented in this wonderful poem Paul.

Jenny.

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Posted in Rain at the Forest Cafe

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Engaging and inventive as

Posted on Tue, 16 Jul 2024

Engaging and inventive as always Jane, with all the conflicting points of view.

Jenny.

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Posted in Parcel for you...Part 29

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An irresistible read as

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2024

An irresistible read as always Phil.

Jenny.

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Posted in Words (Dead Reckoning series - Part 17)

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I thought your message was

Posted on Fri, 12 Jul 2024

I thought your message was most deep and meaningful, it makes you realize how lucky we are to be here, and to be able to leave our mark as you said.

It certainly resonated with how I feel.

Jenny.

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Posted in Life

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Hi Maxine,

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

Hi Maxine,

that sounds so weird and like you said very dangerous. I've never seen anything like that on the roads, hope it doesn't catch on and become a new craze.

Jenny.

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Posted in Ok, Now I Have Seen It All!!!!!!!

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That last stanza really

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

That last stanza really brings home the meaning of your poem. Such s sad sequence of events leading to the downfall of the poor Natter Jack.

I had never heard of this folk lore tale before, so it was good to learn something new.

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Posted in Natterjack

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