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Cover me with flowers

April 8, 2023

The last photo on my phone for March is a herald of Spring – the celandine. Late entry for bushboy’s Last on the Card Challenge. Some not totally irrelevant advance news of inclusion in a new anthology.

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When negative is positive

January 20, 2023

Covid caught up with me in December 2022.

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More PuN in South Korea

May 27, 2022

More questions about ‘Pumping up Napoleon ‘ from the lovely students in South Korea. Once again all the illustrations are original creations, inspired by their reading of dystopian science fiction.

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Winter into Spring

March 25, 2022

Snapshots of the Moon and Dorset with snippets from the diary at what turns out to be a difficult time.

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Filling in the blanks

February 18, 2022

An old way of writing yields new work; I feel a connection to a dear lost friend through her gift of a pen.

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The long and the short

May 28, 2021

Lately, I have been writing a story. It’s the kind that takes a long time to make short.

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Slow it down

February 14, 2020

Time out of time is great for writing. But things are moving on too fast.

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September equinox: back to page one

September 23, 2019

The September equinox brings with it a change of diary.

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Scraps

March 11, 2019

When an idea strikes, do you feel the need to write it down?

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a shadow image of the author in the middle of a lane on the summer solstice

What do I know about June?

June 22, 2018

June marks the middle of the year… Continue reading “What do I know about June?”

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