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This is so funny, but also I
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
This is so funny, but also I love how you describe everyone, even a few lines makes me feel I'd know them. It's wonderful writing. Also reminded me of our attempts to get coloured telly, then years later, computer.
you show how to write making a pure image, no unecessary stuff cluttering communication, just a feeling of peace and clarity, as though watching the bird with you as it walks along the shore
I know! He gave my son a long lecture but it went in one ear and out the other. Son is more sensible than me on roads, but still don't think I'd be ok with him having anything except a tank. An electric tank, though
Motorbikes are scary. Before we lived together my partner rang me to say he was in the road after crashing his in the rain. His leg was never the same. The person who fixed our windows' hand wouldn't...
What a relief to read your post! I am always leaving the gas on. I can't smell very well either so often it's the cats jumping about lets me know something is wrong, and I find the kitchen is all smokey or I've melted something on the...
Richly deserved, it's BEAUTIFUL, could feel the sweet air and see the colours. Is so interesting how you combine time into it, not just the rhythm of poetry but of your day. They seem sort of like Richard Long sculptures only not so hard....
"Many times, I feel ordinary, just ordinary, with my many weakness and failures, but in reality, we are all extraordinary, in this Life that we have, there are things that only I can do and the same for You too, what You do, only You can do that...
Those last 3 sentences are so sad. But she IS still in you, every time you see something you find beautiful, that appreciation was shaped by her. She gave you your sensitivity to see things, feel things, she gave it to you and you will always...
Glad your Mum got to stay at home. I'm sure your instincts were right. The two care homes I have visted were aweful. The high heels rang a bell. I wonder why they think that looking like they are running a business is...
This is so funny, but also I
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
This is so funny, but also I love how you describe everyone, even a few lines makes me feel I'd know them. It's wonderful writing. Also reminded me of our attempts to get coloured telly, then years later, computer.
Read full commentPosted in Even the IRA couldn't get us a telephone.
you show how to write making
Posted on Sat, 02 Feb 2019
you show how to write making a pure image, no unecessary stuff cluttering communication, just a feeling of peace and clarity, as though watching the bird with you as it walks along the shore
Read full commentPosted in Avocet
I know! He gave my son a long
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
I know! He gave my son a long lecture but it went in one ear and out the other. Son is more sensible than me on roads, but still don't think I'd be ok with him having anything except a tank. An electric tank, though
Read full commentPosted in Brooksy
Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019
I liked the description of Brooksy.
Motorbikes are scary. Before we lived together my partner rang me to say he was in the road after crashing his in the rain. His leg was never the same. The person who fixed our windows' hand wouldn't...
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What a relief to read your
Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019
What a relief to read your post! I am always leaving the gas on. I can't smell very well either so often it's the cats jumping about lets me know something is wrong, and I find the kitchen is all smokey or I've melted something on the...
Read full commentPosted in O.C.D.
Richly deserved, it's
Posted on Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Richly deserved, it's BEAUTIFUL, could feel the sweet air and see the colours. Is so interesting how you combine time into it, not just the rhythm of poetry but of your day. They seem sort of like Richard Long sculptures only not so hard....
Read full commentPosted in Circle from Craswall 11/1/19
"Many times, I feel ordinary,
Posted on Sun, 06 Jan 2019
"Many times, I feel ordinary, just ordinary, with my many weakness and failures, but in reality, we are all extraordinary, in this Life that we have, there are things that only I can do and the same for You too, what You do, only You can do that...
Read full commentPosted in He Got His Name Into The Book!
Those last 3 sentences are so
Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2018
Those last 3 sentences are so sad. But she IS still in you, every time you see something you find beautiful, that appreciation was shaped by her. She gave you your sensitivity to see things, feel things, she gave it to you and you will always...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Blood)
I like how the beach is woven
Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2018
I like how the beach is woven all through, the people, the seagulls. It's a great frame for the story, it adds to the easy warmth of it
Read full commentPosted in Sass (Part 2)
Glad your Mum got to stay at
Posted on Sat, 10 Nov 2018
Glad your Mum got to stay at home. I'm sure your instincts were right. The two care homes I have visted were aweful. The high heels rang a bell. I wonder why they think that looking like they are running a business is...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (Push)
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