@athelstone
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Athelstone replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
That is amazing news. Well done, indeed!
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and I’ve just bumped in!! Hooray, now for the reading 😅
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
All of you! Save those precious babes and enter them in the Monthy Comp!
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Athelstone started the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Can’t believe it’s February already. To quote Don McLean, February made me shiver. Cold, love, anger, heat, fear, excitement, illness, happiness – 400 words maximum on absolutely anything that caused a shiver one February.
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Ooh, thank you, Ath – you’ve enabled me to tackle another tricky scene.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
A small field but some fab entries and I’m very happy to be picked!
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
Come on – it’s a super challenge this month! Just a few hundred words and still 2 and a teeny bit days left.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
A MESSAGE FOR ALL “THINGS THAT GO BUMP” ESSAYERS. There is an update in the group’s activity stream.
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
BUMP!!! Not that I want to make tons of work for Libby, but only 2 entries so far and only 4 days + today left
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Occasional rough language
Prat’s Key Wood
Prat’s Key Wood was as old as the hills. No, really.
Well, seeing as the hills are billions of years old and forged in the countless aeons before organic life, that’s a stretch. But, I mean 1) it was ancient to the max and 2) it took Jacko and a team of ten, and a bulldozer, and chainsaws, just one…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
Finished mine too, but still reading/editing it.
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Also – yay you 🙂
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
One of the first and most obvious changes is that after preparing a meal with garlic I’d have to scrub away at my hands for a good ten minutes and they’d still be poor company next day. These days a quick rinse is all that’s needed.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Is it just me, or is the commercially produced garlic from supermarkets and greengrocers feeble old shite compared to the stuff I cooked with a few years back? I’ll swear it used to have some bite and tang to it, but these days I could stick whole bulbs in and hardly taste it. Going to try growing a few different types.
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No it’s not just you! Supermarket garlic tastes quite bland compared to the stuff I’ve cooked with while self-catering in France – though our local farm shop sometimes has decent bulbs.
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Definitely true. The garlic in the box I get from the organic farmer in the next village is ten times tastier than supermarket stuff.
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I agree. It has gone the way of so many other foods, so bland when mass produced. My France holiday (a distant memory) showed just how much.
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One of the first and most obvious changes is that after preparing a meal with garlic I’d have to scrub away at my hands for a good ten minutes and they’d still be poor company next day. These days a quick rinse is all that’s needed.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
A very happy new year to all Denizens! The advent competition didn’t have 25 entries as I hoped, but by way of compensation, those that were submitted are all gems that I would be happy to find behind a calendar window.
Janette: A New Opening
A truly positive response to the Covid restrictions. This was beautifully written with a powerful feeling…[Read more] -
Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Are there any more takers for the last monthly competition, in the final hours of the year? We have three super entries so far, but room for more.
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago
Aha, Jesmond. My brother lived there in the early/mid 70s. Lily Avenue. I visited a couple of times. Don’t remember much about it – but we were young.
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We moved away when I was three so I remember nothing!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
So pleased with the news! Simply brilliant.
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Athelstone started the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Advent is upon us. I always liked Advent Calenders when I was little, but I haven’t had one for years. So you can make one for me. The theme is “opening a door or window and finding something”. It doesn’t have to involve calendars! Anywhere between 25 and 500 words.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition November 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Smashing comp, Sandra and a similarly smashing selection of entries. So I’m really pleased to be picked!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition November 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
I dreamt about you last night.
Really? I haven’t thought about you for ages.
Ooh! Harsh.
Aha – Sorry, Jack. That sounded terrible. I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just, well, you know – the kids and all that. I don’t have much time for myself.
How old are they now?
Callum’s ten and Orla will be seven on Saturday. Most of this shopping is…[Read more]
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Thank you, Ath