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Gary L

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  1. Perhaps only by starting over again (not an unpleasant thought, at all) can one see just how far these characters have developed, above all, Gray.
  2. Gary L

    Chapter 86

    Some bedtime reading has just arrived! Many thanks, Mark. I continue to be amazed at your creativity!
  3. There’s a scene in the excellent Boss Nanny by @Mrsgnomie where the kiddy has a meltdown in the supermarket. Finally his brother/father does the same and it completely throws the kid. Wonderful!
  4. Mr Russ is back! Yippee 👏
  5. A prodigious talent turns their attention to a topic that hits for too many people. Reading the prompt I felt shock, anger, tearful, agreement, awe, and perhaps above all, a deep respect. A tough but rewarding read, thank you x
  6. That’s 13°C. 🥶 🥶 Boots and thick socks a must.
  7. We all await the Grand Wizard’s wand with anticipation 😜
  8. I did one but serious. Now I’m thinking of trying comedy….. Irony I can do, comedy, not so sure. greetings from stormy Valencia
  9. Baby steps……. And now to New England!
  10. Great fun. Well-worked with the prompt.
  11. Sorry, storm arrived at 01.00 and it’s still raining after a second one. If 001 lets me get up (sprawled over lower body in bed) then first task is to find a pair of socks ….
  12. Shorts stored away. Tomorrow sandals will go in their box. Our 60+ polo shirts are ready for the store cupboard (what a pair we are!). Yikes, it was still summer today but autumn arrives at 02.00. Argh 😖
  13. Here the latest crops have been planned and are facing a wash out. Don’t think large-scale farming, it’s all family-owned fields and, sadly, overuse of fertilizers to get four crops a year apart from the orange trees which are coming into their own.
  14. Here ten days of rain arriving tomorrow 😱 and nice weather for Chris in UK!
  15. Just booked trip to see my sister in January. 😁
  16. I’m in a good mood! On Sat we booked a midweek stay up near a ski resort (no snow yet so cheap!) with friends. Hope the dogs behave…. Today I’ve reserved a week in prePyrenees for Christmas in a village called Beget, in Girona province in pre-Pyrenees. V antisocial but it avoids drunken family arguments about Spanish right wing politics. Don’t know if I want snow (v pretty etc) or easy journey (the village is five miles off the main road with a steep incline 😱). The joys of retirement or lunacy…
  17. 134,000 words of emotional rollercoasters. Easily one of the best stories of the 600+ I’ve read here over the years. if it were a physical painting one would be struck by the intensity of the colours, here it’s the intensity of emotions - a complete palette of them - hidden, suppressed, unacknowledged, feared, and at odd moments expressed, that makes this, for me a truly very good piece of writing. kudos to the author and, like Oliver Twist, my bowl is empty and I’m hungry for more of @andy cannon’s writing. Thank you.
  18. Gary L

    Epilogue

    Bravo!
  19. Gary L

    Chapter 40

    This says it all: And someday, when the stars return, and the sea breathes calm again, I will come to you
  20. Gary L

    Chapter 36

    An exquisite piece of prose, @andy cannon, truly beautifully written.
  21. Gary L

    Trick or Treat?

    Still fresh after 19 years! 🎃
  22. Gary L

    Chapter 34

    Britain paid off the last of the loans used to pay for the Napoleonic Wars in JuIy 2015……
  23. Just booked a three night jaunt to mountains 100km away. I could get used to this retirement lark!
  24. Gary L

    Chapter 27

    Another v moving piece of writing. This story is so good.
  25. My dad once tried to explain what cricket was about to the S African wife of a cricket fanatic. He failed. As had the husband during 30 years of marriage.
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