Sooz006

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I have 560 stories published in 10 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 483236 times and 335 of my stories have been cherry picked.
57 of my 3,296 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 59 votes

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The Human Touch: Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven She was at the sink using the crash-dishes-together-angrily, method of washing up. She was drunk, but not falling over. He’d had more...

The Human Touch: Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten Shelly pulled into the drive to see that John’s car wasn’t back and the lawns hadn’t been mowed. They’d been done the week before, so...

The Human Touch: Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine John was in the shower when his mobile rang, she could hear him whistling and a fresh, piney fragrance of masculine shower gel seeped...
Cherry

The Human Touch: Chapter Eight ...2

~~*~~ Johnny broke into a sprint on the rough ground. He was already thumbing his walkie-talkie. ‘Delta Charlie Three. Delta Charlie Three. Over’...
Cherry

The Human Touch Chapter Eight ...1

Chapter Eight Sammy needed to pee. John had advised him to use the bathroom at the café, and Sammy had made his way there with every intention of...

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57 of my comments have received 59 Great Feedback votes

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Sweetheart, you must talk to

Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021

Sweetheart, you must talk to somebody.  Are you still at school? Talk to a sympathetic teacher or school counsellor. Ring Childline, or the Samaritans. Make an appointment and see your doctor. Most importantly, please speak to the counsellor you...

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Posted in How do you forgive a parent?

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Hello mate, good to read you

Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2020

Hello mate, good to read you again.  Nothing less than I'd expect from you, you have those writer's eyes that never stop looking at the world, I think we all do, but you find more beauty than most. It's one of the things I've admired about your...

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Posted in La belleza

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 The water looks black, but

Posted on Sun, 10 Aug 2014

 The water looks black, but when you hold it the palms of your hands it’s completely clear....lovely.

You get all shivery, not just because the water’s so cold, but because you don’t know what’s down there. ...and again

Aunty Pearl...

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Posted in Chicken Eye in the Sky

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 had learnt that it paid..

Posted on Thu, 07 Aug 2014

 had learnt that it paid...learned

she would not allow a word to slip from her lips.  Occasionally she might emit an involuntary sound, but she never spoke, and found a deep sense of comfort in this self-imposed silence. .. I knew a little...

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Posted in Just Visiting

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You express the mindset well

Posted on Wed, 08 Jul 2020

You express the mindset well and the writing is fluid. Writing is about putting down what you want to say and, whether the views expressed are indeed your views or the views of anybbody reading, is immeterial--they are the views of Grandma. 

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Posted in Echoes Of History : The Grandkids Go On A Tour Of London : (Year Zero + 20): Section 1

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Anthropomorphism at it's best

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020

Anthropomorphism at it's best. A lovely story, I like Packham ....Favourite line. 

Sure enough, Mum said “Who’s seven then?” to me, so I’m seven!”

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Posted in Dog Days!*

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This is the sotry of a friend

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020

This is the sotry of a friend of mine--not a friend, a man who drank in the pub I worked in. He was a millionaire and lived like a tramp. He drank out of lonliness and put away a hundred pound's worth of whiskey a day. He was intelligent and good...

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Posted in A Man

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Your writing is rich and

Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2020

Your writing is rich and beautiful. I really liked this. And you made me care about the fox, I hope his leg heals. 

Only one complaint, by the end of the piece he needs a name--he deserves to be named :-)

Favourite line: The ears...

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Posted in The Envy of Footprints

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I love the way this turns

Posted on Wed, 01 Jul 2020

I love the way this turns from apparent envy of the other side, to gratitude for what we've got.  Cracking poem, Luigi I enjoyed it.  As to Trump, well what can be said about him other than, Wow, are they all mad? What were they thinking? 

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Posted in Green Grass of Home

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&nbstoday hundreds of people

Posted on Mon, 25 May 2020

&nbstoday hundreds of people gathered at Hollywood Park in close proximity... Covid is done and Ellie is the new black Tommy Robinson is king.. Allegedly. The car park was packed with people wanting to hug him and we have the highest Covid...

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Posted in In a World Gone Mad: Monday 25 May 2020...2

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