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Killing the killers

Not for the faint-hearted. Just a way of releasing the anger regarding the preventable death of my daughter resulting from the side effects of a drug now known to be responsible for over 400 deaths a year.
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AND SO IT IS

And so it is as a planet mourns and the grey sleepless days and nights of grief and isolation build to an inevitable crescendo In Spring, the daily...
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Blue

The recent loss of my firstborn has brought back the pain of another loss...
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Branwell Clinic

As I'm finding it difficult to write at the moment, I will continue to let my daughter Julia (Overthetop1) live on through her own writing, until I am ready. Coral Jane (seashore).
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One-armed combat

Yet another of Julia's posthumous pieces (Overthetop1). Hard-hitting, but that's the way she was.

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75 of my comments have received 78 Great Feedback votes

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...and you doubt your skill

Posted on Wed, 12 Feb 2025

...and you doubt your skill as a poet?? Don't ever do that again Terry, this is simply brilliant x

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Posted in Fathoms Above

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So pleased for you Terry (and

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

So pleased for you Terry (and for me and my girl too) x

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Posted in You Never Said

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No you may not be fine, but

Posted on Thu, 20 Oct 2016

No you may not be fine, but your description of not being fine, resonates.

I'm not fine either by the way.

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Posted in Anxiety

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I notice in your somewhat

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2025

I notice in your somewhat random list for my birthday 24th Feb (already several years beyond the average lifespan) you start with Geordies wear jumpers.

Indeed this adopted Geordie can be seen wearing one all year round, despite no longer...

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Posted in The Archers in Cyrillic Script

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Golden cherries very well

Posted on Thu, 27 Feb 2025

Golden cherries very well deserved. I love lighthouses anyway, they fascinate me.

This piece is beautifully crafted. Needed my thesaurus to interpret some of the words I'd never heard of but I love words anyway,so sometimes the sounds...

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Posted in The Lighthouse Keeper of Ras Gombo

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I really like this. As you

Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025

I really like this. As you know, very much my kind of thing. Nostalgia at its best.x

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Posted in Making Do with Dusty Springfield

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Managed a titter after

Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2025

Managed a titter after reading both pieces...or maybe more of a lol, after taking my ibuprofen
(other medications are available) x

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Posted in All the Chai in China

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Made my day too X

Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2024

Made my day too X

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Posted in Velvet Goldmine

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Dear brilliant Terry,

Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2024

Dear brilliant Terry, yesterday you sent me the draft of this for approval.

I messaged you back to say words fail me; it's such a beautifully written piece, full of emotion, there's absolutely nothing I could criticise.

Thank you...

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Posted in Velvet Goldmine

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Great writing as always, but

Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024

Great writing as always, but I advise all readers to check out the illustrations.

The photographs are something else.

Cx

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