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My current best Writers on AbcTales July '25 5. swindonwoody – Maggie (or a very reluctant celticman – Paul) 4. rhiannonw – Rhiannon 3. mscraic – Paul 2. queen beatle – Morwenna 1. Jessiibear – Jess

Look To Jesus Heb 12:2 Looking away from all that will distract us and focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and perfection of faith. (The first incentive for our belief and the one who brings our faith to maturity) John 16:6 I have told you these things, so that in me You may have (perfect) peace. In the world, you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but courageous (be confident, be Undaunted, be filled with joy.) I have...

Betsy Lerner (2024) Shred Sisters. I read Shred Sisters in about four hours. It follows the rules of novel writing. Betsy Lerner as a writer, editor and agent—she edited and promoted one of my favourite books Autobiography of a Face —knows too well the holes authors fall into. That doesn’t mean she won’t fall into them, because that’s not the way it works. Most of use can’t really see what we write. She knows that too having published a book...

Reflection of the Light Step out of the gloom, of projection, misconception: your disconnected vision has become an artificial paradise. A snow, sand castle in the rain, glass heart On your sleeves, shallow pain. Light’s out in this darkness; it only serves as A nightmare’s gain. Attune your strings, that brings them into a symphony of streams; that flows with an awareness in harmony, into soft lighting. And listen to the rhythm echo as a sweet...

I’ve a copy of Philippa Gregory’s novel, The Other Boleyn Girl . I’ve had it for around five years. Keep meaning to read it. She’s written a stack of books and over 40 novels. These fed into her belief that women are the ghosts of history. She spent ten years researching Normal Women, drawing on archives, letters, and historical records that fed into her ficton. And at around 600 pages she’s re-written history: his-story as her-story. She gives...

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The moron’s moron is in Scotland. His mother was born on Harris and was a native Gaelic speaker. Despite his Scottish roots, he’s not popular in Scotland. Ironically, we may have passed peak Trump. His strategy of lying and denying helped make him the man he is and President of the United States. His supporters want release of what is loosely termed the Epstein files. The moron’s moron suggested Joe Biden was implicated. Summary of Quantitative...

Uncle Nolan Nolan Brown

Why have people stopped going to church? The number of people attending church weekly in the UK is half what it was in 1976. It has fallen from 10 per cent to 5 per cent. Many churches are full of old people and wondering if they will still be there in 20 years time. The same situation is effecting most western countries. On an Irish radio station, a reporter said to a Catholic priest, 'You must despair.' He said, 'I don't despair. People have...