his voice, to his people, once, was a bear's called Paddington, in a fun children's film before all the children fled abroad. Now as Paddington chats...
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Very interesting to read his
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2018
Very interesting to read his story. I only really knew of him from hearing an interview about how by the time they let working class people into Oxford it was so dummed down there was no point going there, and that the elites never accepted him...
You are quite right Tom, it's just a collection of nature scenes. It's just that I realised that someone from centuries ago could have seen them, too. And while I think of the wood as a beautiful place to go and see the sun and hear the birds....
I like how I don't know if this is about an author, like Tolkien, and a character they created, or about a reader who seeks a character they have read and re-read through a lifetime. There's a magical feeling in this poem
Oh, poor Vanessa! She will want to drive round to check under all the bridges where she thinks homeless people might be, won't she? Will she rescue Spencer, or will he rescue her? And the wanting to communicate with whales and dolphins! Is that...
Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god, he’s jumped,’ said Pat, holding her hands together in a prayer position and lifting them up to the tip of her hooked nose. ‘He’ll just be a pile of wires and gubbins on the patio. Stop looking, Vanessa, fetch me a...
I really like this description : "The lipstick was a deep Doraldina crimson. He popped open the clutch and found face powder. Both were common brands. Nothing special. California, the department-store...
Very interesting to read his
Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2018
Very interesting to read his story. I only really knew of him from hearing an interview about how by the time they let working class people into Oxford it was so dummed down there was no point going there, and that the elites never accepted him...
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You are quite right Tom, it's
Posted on Sun, 17 Sep 2017
You are quite right Tom, it's just a collection of nature scenes. It's just that I realised that someone from centuries ago could have seen them, too. And while I think of the wood as a beautiful place to go and see the sun and hear the birds....
Read full commentPosted in time travelling
a site about cetaceans says "
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
yes! a site about cetaceans says " the part of their brain which processes emotions (limbic system) appears to be more complex than our own "
one of the horrifically incomprehensible things about humans, for me, is how we value emotions...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 49
I like how I don't know if
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
I like how I don't know if this is about an author, like Tolkien, and a character they created, or about a reader who seeks a character they have read and re-read through a lifetime. There's a magical feeling in this poem
Read full commentPosted in Portal
Glad Jeannie is involved
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
Glad Jeannie is involved again. This story is becoming driven by female characters!
Read full commentPosted in Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Dead Reckoning series - Part 45)
Oh, poor Vanessa! She will
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
Oh, poor Vanessa! She will want to drive round to check under all the bridges where she thinks homeless people might be, won't she? Will she rescue Spencer, or will he rescue her? And the wanting to communicate with whales and dolphins! Is that...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 49
Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god,
Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025
Pat is brutal :0) ‘Oh my god, he’s jumped,’ said Pat, holding her hands together in a prayer position and lifting them up to the tip of her hooked nose. ‘He’ll just be a pile of wires and gubbins on the patio. Stop looking, Vanessa, fetch me a...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 48
Very well deserved Pick of
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025
Very well deserved Pick of the Week.
I really like this description : "The lipstick was a deep Doraldina crimson. He popped open the clutch and found face powder. Both were common brands. Nothing special. California, the department-store...
Read full commentPosted in The Patrolman - 4 (2/2)
Fabulous, again.
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025
Fabulous, again.
Read full commentPosted in The Patrolman - 4 (1/2)
Beautiful writing. Not only
Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025
Beautiful writing. Not only the rhythm, but the portrait of Lenora. I loved the detail of heels wobbling on plush carpet, too
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