@athelstone
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
Sorry, Richard, definitely a glitch although I have no idea why. I have no “list” or notification of anything waiting for approval, but as approving is something I can do, I’ve done it. Maybe Jules has some idea.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
It is an excellent fox. Foxes are cool.
I think I understand really well why you wouldn’t want a human face on the cover. A huge part of the pleasure of reading a novel, is the way the characters reveal themselves to us as the story progresses. A picture of somebody, fully-formed, denies the reader that pleasure. But you can understand why…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Things that go Bump: with just over one week remaining, only half the votes are in.
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I have just story-binged. It was marvellous. Now I need to recover, and think, and might just (against all my expectations) vote in time…
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
4 fab entries.
Sandra: a mind tortured by contemplation of an almost-certain affair and a child on the way that may not be his own. But which betrayal warrants the biggest shiver? What a deliciously twisted tale.
Seagreen: what an terrible tale – but writing as sharp as February frost. It isn’t the weather that makes the reader shiver, but an…[Read more]
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Thank you, Ath, for the prompt, and for the nice comments. I’ll go and put my thinking cap on now.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Dear Denizens,
I hope you are all well and not too discommoded by the present restrictions on movement and fraternisation in your various locales.
May I draw your attention to the date. I observe that there are 6 days and some hours before the February Monthly Comp closes. So far we have two superb entries, and there is plenty of room for more.…[Read more]-
Seem to be on a roll producing shorts at the mo – I’ll see what I can do. No promises… 😉
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Phew, didn’t think I’d find the time for this one, but squeezed in (sideways) a quick effort today.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
The countdown begins. Including today, just 10 days left to enter the monthly comp and win the FABULOUS PRIZE of being picked!
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Still February. Still time. Not a leap year. Be quick.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
That is amazing news. Well done, indeed!
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Thank you, Ath
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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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Help, @athelstone! I tried to edit it and the bloody thing’s vanished again! Argh!
Is it still AWOL? I just managed to read it. Fabulous blog by the way.
Yes, sure enough, it was back to “waiting approval”. Well, I approved it again. And I approve of it.
Thank you. Twice (or maybe thrice) over, that is.