Philip Sidney
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I have 165 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 694950 times
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My stories
Daughters in the Museum
There are traces of you in the museum y our waist -l ength hair the colour of burnished copper and gold got everywhere f lying behind and around as...
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My Sister Asked Me
My sister asked me w hat’s it like to have a black sister w hen you are white? She put me on that spot you cannot get down from until you have...
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Illicit Exercise
I’ve taken to running around the field behind my house - you might not call it running - but there is an element of privacy the field affords which...
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Pooky gets a Break
Needless to say, the old Bingo game was not all it was cracked up to be. Phil was not a man made for work. Yes, he could turn up, schmooze, regale an...
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Pooky and The Philanderer
Glad was a bingo fiend, that’s why she was on the coach tour in the first place, but she’d been in Pretty Pigs, Scarborough’s third worst hotel, for...
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Is there anything more
Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2020
Is there anything more wonderful than the earth? As rich and as complex as the finest compost - this is our facebook and twitter pick of the day - do share it!
Read full commentPosted in Ode to Compost
I found this blissful piece
Posted on Sun, 12 Sep 2004
I found this blissful piece of loveliness as I was rummaging through the archives - I hope you like it too - so share if you do - because it's our facebook and twitter pick of the day!
Read full commentPosted in Winter Dreams
I'm so sorry for your loss,
Posted on Mon, 01 May 2017
I'm so sorry for your loss, what an amazing life your father had. Thank you so much for sharing some of his story with us. Xx
Read full commentPosted in Shlamek
I like the way time seems to
Posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2016
I like the way time seems to slow down to hold the moment, like a segment of slow motion at the centre of fast motion film. Beautiful language.
Read full commentPosted in All change
Wish I could remember back
Posted on Thu, 02 Jul 2015
Wish I could remember back this far, I sometimes thik I can recall moments from being a baby, I guess it's all lurking there somewhere. Really interesting perspective.
Read full commentPosted in First Day First Memory
The small details of the
Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2014
The small details of the mundane show how momentus the last contact is, all is preserved, impossible to resolve. I like the ideas of soaking up your mother as yourself. When we lose our mothers we lose some of ourself.
Read full commentPosted in My Mother Myself
Our lovely story of the week
Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Our lovely story of the week - well done!
Read full commentPosted in The Kitchen Incident - A Short Ramble
What a lovely story!
Posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2020
What a lovely story!
Read full commentPosted in BETSY, THE MARE WHO CAME HOME
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2020
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Read full commentPosted in Behold The Faerie Realm Part Three
Beautiful and educational -
Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2020
Beautiful and educational - another gem from Onemorething is ou Facebook and Twitter pick of the day! Do share if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in A Tailor Bird’s Song To A Spider
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