Den of Writers | Hilary | Friends Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/hilary/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Hilary's friends. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:12:03 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 186bfc9cd3b2d615ad0a41dd0e28ebdf Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/#post-17853 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:43:11 +0000 Sorry, Sandra, but they do say that great minds think alike!  I am sure you will come up with some other object that will make a really interesting story.  I look forward to reading your entry.

]]> 0 4ed6a378d1486fae8c980585bc92e47a Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/#post-17852 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:45:55 +0000 Well done, Jill – the only inspiration I’d had so far, came from my mother’s mincer (of which I’ve a 1960’s version in a cupboard. Back to the drawing board for me  🙂

]]> 0 8469b3522bafe9c95691cb433497e922 Kate posted an update: Woohoo. Today is release day for book 3 in my Pix and Gabe […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25887/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:10:47 +0000 Woohoo. Today is release day for book 3 in my Pix and Gabe Adventure series – The Book Trap. The characters would never have seen the light of day without Athelstone’s winter writing challenge, where they emerged in a short story. Some of you have been kind enough to support earlier books, so if anyone is interested, here’s a link. 😀…[Read more]

]]> 0 481421d779bc403c6168237a9c91682f Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/#post-17835 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:52:53 +0000 😊. Pleased to be of service!  Didn’t think I would be inspired by the prompt, but my unconscious must have been working away overnight and this ‘wrote itself’ this morning.  The wonders of the creative process…

]]> 0 fd6e7f252a32863a37881852ca1d4e68 Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/#post-17834 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:46:16 +0000 Thank you, Jill. I forgot to set a word limit, so I take your entry as “the bar” and set it now at 400 words.

]]> 0 b7b0ae5dcb6db2b97b6d7e6111d1156f Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/#post-17833 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:52:46 +0000 A 1950s Childhood

July 2026 finds me sitting in the shade in our garden, grateful for the slight breeze and half drifting off into a heat induced sleep.  It is Sunday and we have just finished a FaceTime call with our family in America.  Again, gratitude for the wonders of modern technology allowing us to keep in touch and part of our g…[Read more]

]]> 0 e695c7a217187e9618b494f9e2af7b05 Athelstone started the topic Monthly competition July 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-july-2026/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:25:36 +0000 When televisions had rooftop aerials shaped like an “H”, showed black and white, had only two channels, and one more turn of the knob found The Home Service and maybe The Light Programme, they often came with a slim metal rod perhaps 8 or 9 inches long. This could be slotted into holes on the back of the set labelled Horizontal Hold and Vertical…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2c2cf0cbf2de99ddd2649a61cfd969d Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17831 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:51:21 +0000 Yes, I like the connection too.  Thought you probably chose it to add to the mystery. 😊

 

]]> 0 bf60da475e599c07e00519b60994e00b Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17830 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:28:22 +0000 Incidentally, I wanted to call the girl Aelfwin but I had trouble getting the A and e to combine into a proper “ash” at the start of the name. Then it occurred to me that a drunk Teabreak would be unlikely to remember that anyway, hence “Alwin, or something like that.” I think Alwin is still sometimes used as a female name, but I could probably…[Read more]

]]> 0 c4c7af179d5c04a5ef8dbca7b87f099b Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17829 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:18:20 +0000 My pleasure, Sandra!  Fascinating title btw.

]]> 0 e24ac72f14e7016325e9ea20aa497992 Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17828 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:00:34 +0000 Hooray!! Well done Ath for your last minute, colourful Teabreak entry thus rescuing me from having to devise July’s competition  and thank you Jill. for your kind words re ‘Snap is not a Children’s Game’, adding impetus to my getting on with it.

]]> 0 4c0a94f7d72d2c989f90bc5e3b9a92fd Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17827 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:58:41 +0000 No need for guilt, Ath!  Congratulations of your Solstice 70th Birthday – wishing you many more to come.  Hope the healing is progressing apace.

]]> 0 9beff87bee6474b857a99e46d89df1ee Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17826 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:54:56 +0000 I confess I feel slightly guilty. I read Sandra’s entry and thought it was splendid. Then I sneak in at the end and…

Anyway, thank you for the prompt, Jill. The solstice was my 70th and I went from not thinking I’d make it, to writing a little story about it so that’s something.

]]> 0 87bd4885ffd251c2d0493ffc2ee1d390 Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17825 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:29:33 +0000 Well, the June competition became a real competition thanks to an eleventh hour entry from Athelstone… and both entries are worthy of being winners, but I shall have to choose one Denizen to hand over the baton to for July.

Sandra, it was lovely to have a glimpse of your writing style, your ‘voice’ in the extract from your WIP.  I love your…[Read more]

]]> 0 04ea3871e188c5ed30e00bf050b05af4 Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17822 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:31:31 +0000 Stonehenge

The moon has departed leaving an impenetrable night with a cold mist gently rising across the still fields around Amesbury. In the hedgerows around one expanse of grass, sparrows packed close are beginning to shift in their sleep. To the east of this field a steady gaze would be rewarded with the slightest bloom of purple in a world…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa6c1d45c2095b976be6bc893469fbb5 Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17820 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:41 +0000 Gentle reminder ~ only 4 days left should anyone wish to add to the single, intriguing entry for June’s competition…

]]> 0 50d6887f09ff0e1dceb0fd341db199ea Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17811 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:21:31 +0000 Midsummer ~ Midsummer Magic? 🧚‍♀️😇🧚‍♀️

]]> 0 4bc5b17180b089bba7851eff0cc05124 Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17807 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:07:32 +0000 Halfway through June and one intriguing Midsummer Magic story.  Hoping the second half of the month will ‘conjure up’ more magic from Denizens!

]]> 0 ca1801fffd03975b3fa1d66ce29c85ea Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/#post-17788 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:59:01 +0000 <h3>Prior to the magic going black</h3>
<h3>June 23rd, Caithness</h3>
 

Pre-dawn on a midsummer morning, Tait Duncan, drove  south-east along an A1 empty of all but Highlands-bound supermarket wagons, conscience similarly uncluttered by the lie he’d last night told his wife as to the reason for his early morning departure. (In what had become th…[Read more]

]]> 0 fe5f627bd939c7f88f170fd5163431ea Kate posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25801/#acomment-25820 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:27:53 +0000 Congratulations. Fabulous news.

In reply to - Janette posted an update I have news! After much waiting, then swearing quite a lot at screens, The Indiculous Grace Dunn is now available in paperback format from The Great British Bookshop (online) priced […] ]]> 578b24bc2f20e5be6140b35913d8628e Thea posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25801/#acomment-25817 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:30:43 +0000 Congratulations, Janette! Good luck with the launch 🙂

In reply to - Janette posted an update I have news! After much waiting, then swearing quite a lot at screens, The Indiculous Grace Dunn is now available in paperback format from The Great British Bookshop (online) priced […] ]]> d56699581e77298754148dd87f34c4b2 Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition May 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-may-2026/#post-17779 Sun, 31 May 2026 12:05:12 +0000 Well done Jill. A bittersweet story, beautifully told. And well done the rest of us!

]]> 0 6715b355c38247346a027e29356ffdca Jill started the topic Monthly competition June 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2026/ Sun, 31 May 2026 10:49:33 +0000 June and Midsummer …  so I am opting for a lighthearted theme this month.

Please, therefore,  in 500 words or less let your imaginations run wild conjuring up some MIDSUMMER MAGIC.

Of course, some may prefer to touch on dark magic and that is fine too.

Looking forward to reading your entries.  Jill

]]> 0 1ae7da5e7ad13595dd31790a4bf3f76d Jill replied to the topic Monthly competition May 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-may-2026/#post-17776 Sun, 31 May 2026 06:04:18 +0000 Thank you, Sandra.  It was an enjoyable challenge taking us back down memory lane.  The three other entries were diverse and clever in their interpretation of the theme.

June’s prompt will be posted sometime today.  A few ideas are rolling around in my head!  Jill

]]> 0 c39302c6c7a36582b2bea4ef6b67a712 Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition May 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-may-2026/#post-17775 Sun, 31 May 2026 04:02:21 +0000 A fascinating quartet of music-generated memories resulting in stories that couldn’t help but provide  their own soundtracks.  Ath’s tale fully matched  the discordant challenging streetwise vibes  of the music chosen. Libby’s rich  musical pot-pourri connected brilliantly with the warmth of disparate family interactions. Terrie’s combining ne…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ae03be6b8a0c2d1c8dd1878d1228623 Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition May 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-may-2026/#post-17772 Thu, 28 May 2026 18:38:19 +0000 MONTHLY COMP ALERT – I was hoping for earworms, from songs I remember but despite two excellent entries,  I feel a little disappointed so more Top Ten memories by Sunday night would be much appreciated.

]]> 0 7d25161684d8385d4eb165aac97d8bf6 Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17771 Wed, 27 May 2026 19:11:31 +0000 Thanks, Kate. I’m trying hard to get better.

]]> 0 de7eb414dd1388656b58147f72f376c3 Janette posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25801/#acomment-25806 Wed, 27 May 2026 18:07:19 +0000 Thank you so much, Libby. Hope you enjoy.

In reply to - Janette posted an update I have news! After much waiting, then swearing quite a lot at screens, The Indiculous Grace Dunn is now available in paperback format from The Great British Bookshop (online) priced […] ]]> af6cecda14e307461f7868509da99759 Janette posted an update: I have news! After much waiting, then swearing quite a lot at […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25801/ Wed, 27 May 2026 13:01:18 +0000 I have news!
After much waiting, then swearing quite a lot at screens, The Indiculous Grace Dunn is now available in paperback format from The Great British Bookshop (online) priced £11.99 (please consider this outlet first for the paperback – it is British and doesn’t take the great slice such as Amazon demand).
The Ebook version will be…[Read more]

]]> 4 42e3710b5fedd4f13d842f74bb0dd7a1 Kate replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17764 Tue, 26 May 2026 16:13:24 +0000 I managed to miss this post- Ath. I’m so pleased you are feeling better and hope you can get the rest of the problems sorted. It sounds like a terrifying ordeal, but your story telling still managed to bring the occasional smile. Keep getting better!

]]> 0 ec665ed41dfacdda021a2449d37587a2 Athelstone replied to the topic The Sheep Detectives film/Three Bags Full novel in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-sheep-detectives-film-three-bags-full-novel/#post-17754 Wed, 20 May 2026 13:05:15 +0000 I’m not a huge fan of cosy crime, and I think that the television series of TTMC is rather better than the books, although only because the acting is good. However, there are many variations within that genre and I wouldn’t dismiss everything. The same goes for anthropomorphised animal stories. For instance, Charlotte’s Web and Animal Farm spring…[Read more]

]]> 0 769755d1e3335b936ffaa163d5cbafee Sandra posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25772/#acomment-25776 Fri, 15 May 2026 08:01:35 +0000 Fingers crossed the bacteria can be eradicated and its evil effects brought to an end. Foraging sounds a goodway to recuperate.

In reply to - Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs This is such good news, Ath! The relief must be a huge weight off your shoulders and hopefully that has boosted your energy levels. The iron tablets […] ]]> 3b5af8f828fdfa7779ee5cc8f6b62e66 Jill replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17743 Thu, 14 May 2026 22:03:08 +0000 Echo Thea.  Keep positive, Athelstone.

 

]]> 0 c8aace251e07f2243cf3e090a5ba7575 Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17742 Thu, 14 May 2026 21:45:07 +0000 I’m glad to hear that you have treats lined up. The trip to Pompeii sounds especially fabulous! It should be a little quieter and cooler in the autumn so may be pleasanter to wait until then.

The iron tablets should make a big difference, and they tend to take effect within a few days. I do hope all goes well with your referral. Do please keep u…[Read more]

]]> 0 0240de577d5df0c91c907fae4020f892 Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17741 Thu, 14 May 2026 07:37:55 +0000 On a small scale, my daughter gave me a voucher for a foraging/cooking day for 2, for my birthday last year, and I’d just booked a day in March when I got ill. When the company heard I was in hospital, they gave me a six month extension on the voucher for free, so that I could book when I was completely recovered. I thought that was really…[Read more]

]]> 0 68164aed05cb32da56ff4ded62a596ff Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17740 Wed, 13 May 2026 21:50:46 +0000 This is such good news, Ath! The relief must be a huge weight off your shoulders and hopefully that has boosted your energy levels. The iron tablets should make a big difference too.

I do hope you are able to resolve the outstanding issues swiftly and then make some plans to do something special after all you’ve been through 🙂

]]> 1 50c7d14a656ff44fbb1e51d138a2445d RichardB replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17734 Tue, 12 May 2026 15:31:00 +0000 <p class=”western”>So glad to hear this, Ath, and let me add my hopes to those already expressed about the resolution of your remaining issues.</p>
<p class=”western”>I have been on blood thinners for several years as I have atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular pulse, or as my GP put it with her customary no-nonsense bluntness, ‘a hoppitty…[Read more]

]]> 0 b06c77b539e833377e58467fc70e06fa Jill replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17733 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:27:17 +0000 Thank you for explaining.  I will keep everything crossed that you get the answers and treatment you need from the doctor.  You must be a real fighter to have come as far as this with what your discharge notes have revealed.   Impressive!  I trust your determination now to push for answers will pay off.

]]> 0 65486b15fc4aa0538cf8a9b0e66c07bb Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17732 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:16:00 +0000 Hi Libby, a very big relief. And thank you. I had another read through my discharge notes. I don’t think they’d seen somebody so ill with such a mixed bag of symptoms before (who hadn’t been in an accident). They took advice from the teams at Guildford, Reading, and Kings. There was a consensus to deal with the immediate emergency which was the…[Read more]

]]> 0 86c38a0ec2344ad1f956a5a3e21b3545 Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17729 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:05:14 +0000 Thanks Jill. Yes, it is a big relief.

I’ve been on blood thinners (apixaban) since I was admitted to hospital. My problem is that the hospital doctors didn’t share any plan for dealing with the existing clots which have blocked two major veins to the liver. I strongly suspect that they were anticipating a worse outcome from the endoscopy and…[Read more]

]]> 0 096ddd11675c6c5434c1a48ac8851c94 Janette posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25759/#acomment-25763 Tue, 12 May 2026 12:54:55 +0000 Ath, this is such a huge relief to hear, though I imagine the mindset prepping beforehand must have left you mentally drained. I have polyps and so have to be monitored with colonoscopies every three years – I’m guessing you might be invited to do the same. I hope your quest to find out the cause of the clots and anaemia is soon fruitful and…[Read more]

In reply to - Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs I hope that this is a footnote, although I forsee a few more tests from my GP. Today I had the endoscopy which I believe some of the doctors in my […] ]]> 2190f93192afaa64bfcfff6aab78e77e Jill replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17726 Tue, 12 May 2026 06:06:02 +0000 Good morning  ~ such good news about no cancer.  I am very pleased for you and can well imagine your relief on being told.

Now to get the other issues fixed very soon …

I had blood thinners for 6 months as the Lymphoma had caused clots on my lungs, so perhaps your GP might prescribe those?  Just a thought, as every case is different.  Wor…[Read more]

]]> 0 045af251297c5b0e19a09a0b0f1f03db Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17725 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:43:49 +0000 I hope that this is a footnote, although I forsee a few more tests from my GP.

Today I had the endoscopy which I believe some of the doctors in my hospital thought would show cancer. the symptoms were all lined up. There was even consistent evidence from CAT scans and other X-rays. To be fair to them, they never said that, though they always…[Read more]

]]> 1 3b20cf669dd62906bc429821c4b3f787 Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition May 2026 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-may-2026/#post-17723 Fri, 08 May 2026 11:37:59 +0000 Caution: Stuart’s language isn’t for polite company. The anniversary was my 18th birthday, June 21 1974.

Stuart’s story

People call me Plug ‘cos they reckon I look like Plug from the Bash Street Kids I ain’t never seen him, so I don’t know. Stuart’s my real name, and I just done three months in nick for something I ain’t done. Possessio…[Read more]

]]> 0 cd5df953db9c0b6c57ace961d10bd6ef AlanP replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17720 Wed, 06 May 2026 10:46:00 +0000 A bit of a close call. I hope the recovery continues steadily. It’s a bugger this getting old, that’s when we mostly get these brushes with danger.

Anyway, I just thought I hadn’t been here for a while and I should look in. This was up front.  Take it steady and get well.

]]> 0 d130371a26364b42ac73d81746cb6321 Janette posted an update: Apologies again that I have been to busy and distracted to […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25751/ Tue, 05 May 2026 17:45:30 +0000 Apologies again that I have been to busy and distracted to participate in the comps just yet. You may have seen on FB that I have now announced the imminent launch of my book The Indiculous Grace Dunn, along with a cover preview and blurb. I’m hoping to launch by the end of May or early June, depending on how smoothly the readthrough of the proof…[Read more]

]]> 0 6777d3e1a08360495a3669e355dcf621 Janette posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25746/#acomment-25750 Tue, 05 May 2026 17:37:04 +0000 Good to hear there is progress, Ath, albeit on the slow side. I’ll be thinking of you on 11th May, sending positive vibes.

In reply to - Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs Thanks for the kind wishes, Jill. I know you’ve had your own burden lately, and I was so pleased to hear things were going well. At the moment, […] ]]> ac717ac089e5326ff2f4c5db698fb1a9 Jill replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17716 Tue, 05 May 2026 08:43:59 +0000 Thank you.

Glad you are seeing progress in several ways.  Long may it continue!

Will be thinking of you on the 11th.  Jill

]]> 0 3cfa11a439dabb3f68a496fbe05522b9 Bella replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17715 Mon, 04 May 2026 15:28:22 +0000 Bloody Norah! (Sorry, Norah.) I have also just happened upon this. How ghastly and scary. Some aspects are all too familiar to me after a 2 week stint in hospital with evil pneumonia a couple of years ago. It’s surprising what a state we can innocently get into with no idea we are quite so ill until suddenly the ambulance has to be called. I’m…[Read more]

]]> 0 8db9a07ae72fb892548f599428381858 Athelstone replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/a-bit-poorly/#post-17714 Mon, 04 May 2026 15:19:37 +0000 Thanks for the kind wishes, Jill. I know you’ve had your own burden lately, and I was so pleased to hear things were going well. At the moment, progress is good. I’m not using crutches or a frame now around the house and I can make it upstairs 2 or 3 times a week for a shower, all approved by the health visitors. I still have anaemia and run out…[Read more]

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