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Little Red Leaf. Content Warning.
All the leaves are brown, and the skies are grey. Autumn is here and you're away. I look at the richness of the world around me, the pageantry of royal colour in the golds and the reds and the oranges that adorn the trees in their final flourish and it makes me sad that you can't see it.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo
I wasn't sure about this book as I had tried to read one of Nesbo's Harry Hole series called The Redbreast and found it difficult to get into. But this was a gift and so, there is added importance and it should be given a go. And I'm glad I did because it was an excellent read.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler has written a family story with a difference in this book. Told by Rosie, it is a tale of siblings and tensions and rivalries but it is also a conversation about our relationship with animals and how humans variously have differing views of whether or not animals should be put to use, kept for purposes other than as pets or if what is needed is a reimagining of how we treat others who share our planetary space.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Snow-man
I await the first flake. For with it, my love will return. Lumen. My Lumen. I hold his heart all year round. It sits in a box on my sideboard. The box is nothing special but what it contains is everything to me. Sometimes, I open it and I look at it, quickly, blue, beating and marvel at the fact that it's mine, that he has chosen me over all others.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Anemology
My chosen word: Anemology - the study of winds I love wind. Windy days, I think, make you remember more than anything that there are things on this planet over which you have no control - and I love that. Wind is passionate; it's a driver. That feeling of it pummelling you on a really windy day just cannot be beaten.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
A Session on the Psychiatrist's Couch - Revised Version
Hi Doc. Nice to meet you. I'm Lobo Weir. Thank you for squeezing me in so late. I would have preferred an earlier appointment but no matter. We've probably got enough time to complete the session before I have to leave. Let's hope so, eh?
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Eavesdropping. Top Story - September 2024. Content Warning.
Eavesdropping had become a habit for Annabelle that summer. Something was going on and Annabelle was being deliberately excluded. Being outside a secret is hard and so, she was spying whenever she was able.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Marmalade
It was a strange obsession to have, especially as the only person, no, creature, that could possibly relate was a fictional bear called Paddington and he'd only expressed desire for it between slices of bread, whereas she was having it with everything and was astounded at how good it tasted all the time.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
