Great news, Helen. Many congratulations to him. <img src="/images/emoticons/cheerleader.gif" alt="cheerleader"> <img src="/images/emoticons/cheerleader.gif" alt="cheerleader"> <img src="/images/emoticons/cheerleader.gif" alt="cheerleader">

Not sure about tea being nice but, sure. I will join you with a strong, black espresso. <img src="/images/emoticons/kekekegay.gif" alt="kekekegay">

I agree. <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

Slow walk when out for a bimble but, more often, I am going somewhere so fast walk.

Shopping... Online or actual?

Sally-Pearl - Larissa

Roles + ti = Toilers

ESsential

Suck - F... No! I'm not doing it again! <img src="/images/emoticons/eusa_wall.gif" alt="Brick wall"> [-x <img src="/images/emoticons/no.gif" alt="no">

Suck - Such

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Automaton (?) <img src="/images/emoticons/dontknow.gif" alt="dontknow">

Everywhere I look I see. <img src="/images/emoticons/dontknow.gif" alt="dontknow">

During the day. I fall asleep if I read at night.

WYR Watch the movie or read the book?

Erika Hoffmann was afraid as she walked through the dark, rain-soaked streets of Eisenach, a small town just inside the border of East Germany. She should not have been out at this hour, ninety minutes after the curfew of ten o’clock which had been imposed in January. The Soviet rulers had been worried about people attempting to escape to the west and if she was caught by the Stasi who...

Added 22 Aug 2019 | Category Drama | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 138 | 2 Comments

Rome. November 03 rd , 1943   The revelation that Staff Sergeant Lawrence T. Bowman was Jewish was a shock to Katarina. To her, it mattered not a bit but, for some reason, she had never really thought about the religion of anyone outside of her own world. Americans, English, all those whom Germany was fighting were just people but, suddenly, this young man was in mortal danger....

Added 12 Aug 2019 | Category Drama | Votes 4 | Avg Score 5 | Views 825 | 7 Comments

I awoke with a start. The trumpets were still sounding! Astrid, too, was awake and sitting upright. What was going on? Was that an alarm, were we being attacked? I leapt immediately from my bed and donned my cloak. Grabbing my bow and quiver I ran out of the chamber and into the courtyard. The trumpets were blowing loudly and urgently and men were lining the city walls. I ran up the steps...

Added 23 Jul 2019 | Category Fantasy | Votes 3 | Avg Score 5 | Views 954 | 3 Comments

It had been hot, stifling hot and, having been stuck in her sweltering, non-air-conditioned office all day Carrie-Ann was glad to be out in the fresh evening air. It was the middle of June and England was baking in a record-breaking heatwave. Even with all the windows opened wide and a fan on every desk, the air that was circulating was still too warm. For once, the management had seen...

Added 16 Jul 2019 | Category General | Votes 9 | Avg Score 5 | Views 668 | 9 Comments

Rome. September 19 th 1943   The repairs to the compound and the security arrangements were completed in a few days and the soldiers left with only a handful of men remaining to guard the entrance. The orderlies were replaced with German medics which left just Maria, Katarina and Ilsa as the only Red Cross nurses. Along with the medics, more equipment arrived and one of the...

Added 05 Jul 2019 | Category Drama | Votes 3 | Avg Score 5 | Views 2,249 | 5 Comments

“Anna.” I heard the distant voice say my name but I was too grief-stricken to answer. I felt someone stroke my hair and the voice repeated my name. “Anna.” I lifted my head and my heart leapt with joy! “Astrid! My darling! I thought...” She smiled weakly and squeezed my hand, closing her eyes once again. “So cold,” she whispered. “You have lost much blood, my love,” I spoke...

Added 02 Jul 2019 | Category Fantasy | Votes 3 | Avg Score 5 | Views 672 | 3 Comments

Rather than gallop out of the end of the tunnel and risk death after startling my people I halted and dismounted, leading Fleet-Foot slowly through the archway and out into the main cavern, As I looked around a lump formed in my throat and tears welled in my eyes, I had only been away for a few days and now the scene before me broke my heart. The store cavern was full of sick and dying...

Added 15 Jun 2019 | Category Fantasy | Votes 1 | Avg Score 5 | Views 549 | 2 Comments

Rome. September 4 th 1943   Maria stared in horror at the scene of devastation ahead but wasted no time in getting the ambulance to a safe place. Quickly, she jumped from the cab and ran around to the rear to check on her charges. To her distress, Anneliese was still not conscious. “Keep an eye on her,” she told the two airmen brusquely. “Make sure she keeps breathing and...

Added 31 May 2019 | Category Drama | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 1,142 | 4 Comments

The company rode steadily through the dark hours, pausing only briefly for sustenance and comfort. We were not troubled that night and we made good progress and as the darkness gave way to light on the third daybreak since setting out, the mood was good and camp was made before the sun appeared over the horizon. As I prepared for rest I noticed that the Eagles were high in the sky,...

Added 17 May 2019 | Category Fantasy | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 485 | 3 Comments

What I saw surprised me, It wasn't very big. It flew around in front of me, Then sat upon a twig.   It didn't 'ave no feathers, It didn't 'ave no fur. And when I looked more closely, It wasn't really there!...

Added 29 Apr 2019 | Category Poetry | Votes 10 | Avg Score 5 | Views 279 | 10 Comments

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