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I have 179 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 628652 times and 283 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1966 of my 5,943 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 2026 votes

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Cherry

R is for Reindeer and Roe deer

proudly pull Santa Claus in sleek, gift-laden sleigh angled grace, tasting grass -* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!
Gold cherry

Day before a birthday

It had cheered us up, before. We called it The Secret Beach because always empty, small, down old stairs from the road. That day, we were both scared...
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Cherry

Q is for Question and Quarry

"How many days to go?" "8!" Creeping? Or flying? escaping Russian snow woodcock, SHOT! here, dying https://www.woodcock-hunting.com/search?q=woodcock
Cherry

Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)

decorated and in pride of place, dead pretty rain's clear, fresh touch, then sun seeds dazzling gaiety
Cherry

O is for Orange Pomander and Ochre Path

juiceful globe, zesty sweet, spiked with cloves' stark, wood scent fallen warmth tessellates - leaf and needle pavement

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1966 of my comments have received 2026 Great Feedback votes

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How scary! Well Done You for

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025

How scary! Well Done You for remembering advice, and saving yourself and your younger friends! I hope no other children were caught by him. What a contrast from your dreamy descriptions and excitement at the beginning, then meeting a monster and...

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Posted in More Than We Bargained For

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That sounds like the perfect

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

That sounds like the perfect walk, Thank You so much for sharing, and your wonderful photos, too! Hazy lakes is a wonderful way to describe bluebells, and violets "peeping"

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Posted in On the Hill, Abberley

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Poor one. Though that collar

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

Poor one. Though that collar is so much better than buckets with the bottom cut out, which used to be what our dogs got when I was a child. I hope she is better soon!

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Posted in Why Me?

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I liked eel wend very much,

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2025

I liked eel wend very much, and the sense of space and bright fresh coolness throughout. Wonderful to have a new poem, Thank you!

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Posted in The Heronning

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Brilliant dialogue, again.

Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2025

Brilliant dialogue, again. And I didn't know London was the third most watched city. Very enjoyable to read

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Posted in New Directions (36)

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OOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!! This is

Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!! This is BRILLIANT! I had NO IDEA all this was going to happen :0) You are SO CLEVER.
The clunky way human shaped robots move, you are doing that with robot emotions, showing how they might evolve, learn, adapt, grow....

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 58

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I love how start with "Richly

Posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2025

I love how start with "Richly bound", making me think of oak trees being like those huge gold embossed old books, the kind with ancient histories or even magic spells inside. And "resolve continues to shine" is a wonderful way to describe their...

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Posted in Mighty Ancient Oak

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I liked the banter between

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2025

I liked the banter between them :0)

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Posted in New Directions (35)

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You are brilliant at

Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025

You are brilliant at descriptions! and you remember such details! I could not, even for yesterday. I feel very lucky to have read this. Also, silly for having commented before, that it was bad to have mechanisation if it made so many unemployed....

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Posted in A Black Morris Minor and a Pink Carnation

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I really like the idea of the

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025

I really like the idea of the diner being a bridge between a magic forest and real New York :0) And a great encouragement always to have some happy imagining in mind, incase you should go into such a place where wishes are fulfilled!

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Posted in "Where to Diner"

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