Starfish Girl
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Soul Searching
A story I do want to continue! Black rocks adorned with a filigree of white, lacy foam. Rocks churned up from the bowels of the earth. If they could...
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Who's Afraid?
My writing class was given the task of writing metafiction, not sure if this is it! You know and I know we all have to do whatever we can to keep...
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Red
Haven't submitted anything for ages. This a writing class exercise for setting a scene. The door was locked and bolted. Dark red, velvet curtains...
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The Day
The sun rose, gradually lighting the sky, another day. The sparrows argued and shouted in the guttering, the blackbird had already announced the...
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A Bed of Wilted Spinach
Oven on, apron tied securely, all ingredients correctly laid out. In the kitchen, her domain. She looked around approvingly. The marble topped...
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Tina, beautiful.
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2015
Tina, beautiful.
So many great lines and images.
I think you make her live a little for us readers as well. What a lovely tribute.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in Quietus
So well written 'stitched
Posted on Thu, 27 Feb 2014
So well written 'stitched together with sand bags' what a great line.
Read full commentPosted in Flood
I do like this, so much in
Posted on Tue, 13 Mar 2018
I do like this, so much in few words.
Crows do have a bad press but I like them, love their arrogant strut.
Lindy
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What lovely descriptions.
Posted on Tue, 08 Aug 2017
What lovely descriptions. Knowing very little about South Africa its climate and flora and fauna this was extremely interesting.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in Autumn Leaves
That such beautiful words can
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
That such beautiful words can come out of such grief I cannot contemplate. Through tears.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in Blue
Love 'confetti of swallows'.
Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016
Love 'confetti of swallows'. Lovely poem , and images as always Tina. You help us see things through your daughter's eyes, and in a small way she lives again.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in T'is the Season...
Brought a smile and memories
Posted on Mon, 11 Apr 2016
Brought a smile and memories to my day. Thank you Tina.
I can remember my nan saying 'keep out the 'orse road'. We didn't collect what the orses left behind though, no gardens to speak of.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in The 'It' Girl
If only those lost moments
Posted on Thu, 17 Mar 2016
If only those lost moments could be retrieved, but then I suppose that is part of life 'if only'
So beautifully and succinctly put.
Lindy
Read full commentPosted in The Time Saver
This is a fantastic
Posted on Mon, 01 Feb 2016
This is a fantastic description Tina. Love the comparison with a machine, you can see why people have plastic ones next to their ponds. On holiday and watched a heron on the beach it stood stock still for ages ignoring sand crabs that scuttled by...
Read full commentPosted in A Clockwork Forager
When my sister in law was
Posted on Sat, 05 Dec 2015
When my sister in law was diagnosed with breast cancer, she'd had some removed and was told that it might not spread but opted for a single mastectomy, to 'be on the safe side'. She was 70 and I know that makes no difference to how you feel about...
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