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angelica (after reading Onemorething's beautiful poem)
Reality is a trap. In this garden no sun warms. Underground, worms squirm in a rootless world as tongues before words. But then, there, at the back,...
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pool, october
light-leap ripples make laughter lines tickle snake swooping willow bough's moss green crossing bright, gold leaf lined pool below, where rain, held...
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bird feeder
Slog uphill, from Bargain Buys trolley-tugging a big bag, heart heavy with world's worries hard to change till become aware of pigeons, jackdaws,...
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gather
Pooled, this mild September day from waves of work (or guilt when not) once each year picking blackberries from prickly cataracts of free sweetness...
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something in the air
Flies weave a buzzing basket of still warm light. Hairline rainbow cracks in space above paths, like mistakes leave unseen tethers of regret, sticky...
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I really like how Jeannie is
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
I really like how Jeannie is developing into such an interesting character! And another whopper of a cliffhanger!!!
Read full commentPosted in Bring Him Home (Dead Reckoning series - Part 27)
This well argued piece on the
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
This well argued piece on the implications of AI is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
You are so good at putting
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
You are so good at putting information clearly in a non ranting way!
Read full commentPosted in Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
I am sorry, I had missed this
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
I am sorry, I had missed this. You have made the argument very clear. Like you, I see this as madness.
Read full commentThe one thing you don't mention is that powering AI will necessitate continuing reliance on fossil fuel, therefore will speed up and make...
Posted in Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
Two gifts, wonderfully
Posted on Tue, 17 Sep 2024
Two gifts, wonderfully described, and your before and after photo is fab, too
Read full commentPosted in Delicious harvest
just imagining how that would
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
just imagining how that would appear on the news :0) Politician bribed by time travelling Tudor :0)
Read full commentPosted in The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.7 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Ch.7 Part 1
My instinct would be to write
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
My instinct would be to write it in three parts, making clear that you had worked at other places in between, but not going into those experiences? I am sure better writers than I will ever be, will give their advice though. This really deserves...
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 6 (i)
Phil Whiteland is king of
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Phil Whiteland is king of cliff hangers. This wonderful installment from the latest of his very enjoyable books, is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in Drowning Not Waving (Dead Reckoning series - Part 26)
I think you are right to have
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
I think you are right to have chosen to concentrate on this one group of people and your growing relationship. There are, tragically often, stories on the news about terrible things allowed to develop in care homes. To have your experience so...
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Wow! You are so good at
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Wow! You are so good at writing exciting scenes! This is BRILLIANT!
Read full commentPosted in Drowning Not Waving (Dead Reckoning series - Part 26)
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