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Beautiful. I hope you do more in the new year.

My favorite was the last. Fallen clouds and the stones cold as tombs and then the rescue.

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Thank you for your comment and the encouragement, David. I will have a crack at one or two more at some point.

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Thank you, Maureen!

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I love these. Thank you for sharing them.

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Thank you, April!

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Jan 6Liked by Jeffrey Streeter

I echo everyone's comments and look forward to reading more in 2024. When I was 13, I went into the science stream at school. For decades after, the arts, including literature, were like a black box to me. Your writing serves as a doorway into this black box. There is light behind the door 😊

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Thanks, Nicola, for your kind words. Conversely, in my day job I now find myself talking to scientists about their work. It's fascinating and sometimes almost magical.

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Jan 2·edited Jan 2Liked by Jeffrey Streeter

Very intriguing door vignette. As for the sheep, Nevada is sheep and cattle territory and murals in many towns portray buckaroos and Basque shepherds on the range.

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Thank you for the comment, Sue. I imagine Nevada as rather different from dear old Devon!

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Even the rain falls differently, either raindrops six inches apart or a deluge dumped as from a bucket from one cloud.

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Wonderful little pieces, Jeffrey. I especially liked the first one ‘The Doorway’.

Happy New Year :)

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Thank you Michael and Happy New Year to you too!

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LOVE it!

Personally, I have always loved shorter and more lyrical pieces - writing or reading.

Have a great 2024!

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Thank you!

And have a great 2024 too!

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I enjoyed these. I like the idea of vignettes....

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Thank you , June!

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This line:

Before the snow, with its extreme clarity, we saw them as white. Now they’ve turned the colour of the creamy milk at the top of a churn

!! So good!

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Thank you, Noha!

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I love the vignettes.

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Thank you, Lynn!

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I enjoyed these! Look forward to more in 2024.

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Thank you Matthew and happy new year!

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I felt the last one, viscerally - save the lamb!!! Beautiful pieces.

Oh, I read in dark mode, so your section breaks are white rectangles with the blue line. Not sure if you thought of that when you were making them. I’m sure they could be turned transparent, if that type of thing matters to you.

Here’s to a 2024 that’s markedly less liminal than this year. I need some forward motion!!

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Thanks, Kris. Yes, it was a good feeling to save the lamb.

And thank you for the tip on the section breaks. I will have a look at making the background transparent. All the best for 2024 and forward motion!

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Hola , Me Gustaron Tus Dos Excelentes Relatos. La Palabra Umbral En Español Es Fascinante , Por Cierto Conoces Al Gran Escritor Español Francisco Umbral. Cuando He Leído La Palabra "Dokana" , Me He Acordado De Está Palabra Griega "Akrasia" , Está Palabra Significa Que La Akrasia Es Lo Que Nos Impide Seguir Adelante Con Lo Que Nos Propusimos Hacer. Está Relacionada Con La Inconsciencia Temporal , La Dilación Y La Falta De Autocontrol Que Gobierna Nuestras Vidas. Lo Que Ocurre Es Que Nuestro Cerebro Valora Más Los Beneficios A Corto Plazo , Pero No La Gratificación A Largo Plazo. Se Centra En Él Presente. Debemos Razonar Con Éste Instinto , Pues Él Éxito No Se Consigue En Un Día. Un Saludo.

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Gracias! Confieso que aún no he leído nada de Francisco Umbral. Es hora que lo hiciera.

Akrasia también existe en el inglés (a veces se escribe "acrasia", acrasy o acracy, según parece). Es algo que no aflige a todos, verdad?

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I like this idea. Might use for “music history vignettes” in the Guy Stevens Weather Report. Happy new year!

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Thank you, Michael, and I look forward to those music history vignettes. Happy 2024 to you too!

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Love this! Really interesting play with language at the threshold, one of my favorite spaces. Keep experimenting 😁 Funny, I was also playing around with some word sketches for later in Jan.

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Thank you! I look forward to your sketches - and the rest of your writing - in 2024!

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