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Athelstone replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 9 months agoMy selections, chosen for me by our wonderful administrator, Jules, are:
Away, Believer, Watch
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RichardB replied to the topic Susie in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
I don’t want to come on like a rampant egotist, but within hours of my posting this latest blog Ath’s new challenge appeared, and all the excitement has pushed my blog out of sight way down the wall. So this blog is another thing that’s going to go…………..BUMP.
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Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 9 months agoHome, unbeliever, vase
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Jules replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 9 months agoThis is great. It’s so far up my street it should be called Jules-ville. Thanks, Ath 😁
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I noticed that too 😉
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Sandra replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 9 months agoHome, unbeliever, painting
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Athelstone started the topic Things that go bump in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
Well, I’ve gone and done it again. Time for a short story challenge I believe. This one has a ghostly and supernatural theme. If you’d like to find out more then hurry over to the group Things that go bump. Once you have joined, you can read all about it in the forum.
You know you want to.
You’ll be sorry if you don’t.
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Phew – it’s been on mind for the past week or two … on my way.
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That time of year already. Hooray.
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RichardB started the topic Susie in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
When you’re in your mid-thirties with three young children, when your life, which not so many years before was right on the edge of falling apart, has finally settled down, just about the last thing in the world you could possibly need is to fall in love with a barmaid fourteen years your junior. But then, Susie was no ordinary barmaid.
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RichardB replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
That, of course, is because, while ”snwcr’ is one of the many words the Welsh have borrowed from English and re-spelt (rather entertainingly) phonetically in Welsh, ‘heddlu’ (hethly) is a real Welsh word. But the Welsh for policeman is ‘plismon’, and for policewoman – wait for it – ‘plismones’.
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RichardB replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
Ath: ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’, Grenfell Tower…
Libby: When we first moved to Wales we did a Welsh language course for a couple of years. It’s a hell of a hard language to learn (for example, there are at least a dozen ways of turning a singular noun into a plural and there are no hard and fast rules, so you have to remember each noun’s…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 9 months ago
Fascinating, Richard. Rich’s words may have been ahead of their time, but that serves to emphasise how persistent the root causes of these disasters are. We still do it, even with our modern safety culture. Sadly, there are forces working to erode what gains have been made. The “Health & Safety Gone Mad” slogan may not belong to a formal campaign;…[Read more]
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Sandra posted an update 5 years, 9 months ago
Lesley Glaister speaks about her writing process – both fascinating and encouraging in its familiarity: https://www.facebook.com/events/607610230131239/621568822068713/?notif_t=admin_plan_mall_activity¬if_id=1597861845278044
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RichardB started the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Up until the grouping of 1923 the London and North Western Railway, whose principal route was what is now called the West Coast Main Line from Euston as far as Carlisle, was the giant of British railways: indeed, at one time it was the largest commercial undertaking of any sort in the world. It was also, in its origins, one of the oldest,…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 5 years, 10 months agoWell done on the short story acceptance, Doug.
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Raine replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 5 years, 10 months ago@dougk sorry for being so useless at checking in here. Hi & well done on the short story acceptance. Is it available online?
I repeat the ‘this too shall pass’ thing to myself fairly regularly! It’s the perfect balance of hope and recognition. -
Raine posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
After five looooooong months, I had five whole hours without the mini yesterday when she had her soft transition day back in school (full, ‘normal’ start on Monday). I sat at my desk (which she’d been using) AND WROTE WORDS. Not many, but some. (And then watched Umbrella Academy to recover). It was all rather lovely. 🙂
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Oh, joy, Raine. I’ve said before I don’t know how anyone can write (or otherwise create) with offspring demanding attention. Long may the writing of words continue.
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Raine replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Totally agree re Boyne, @jillybean. He’s lazy and complacent, and doesn’t care who he hurts as a result.
Having recently discovered the horrors of researching hist fic, I must admit to struggling with knowing where the line is between really getting stuck on details that don’t matter, and making sure the whole worldbuilding feels authentic.…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Pretty sure Stephen King now has a team of fact checkers. But yes I imagine the tone of those letters is gleeful. What I’ll say for King is that even though he’s writing speculative fiction, he portrays characters who’ve had life experiences he has not respectfully. The same cannot be said for Boyne! One of the big problems with The Boy in the…[Read more]
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