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I am sitting in the summerhouse with my feet in the washing up bowl. I have filled it with cold water and for good measure, added two ice blocks dug out from the back of the freezer.

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Forty eight years and nine months ago, a single cell carried the infinitesimal probability of me into existence. A blueprint unlike any before or since — the vessel for this peculiar consciousness.

At the same time imperceptibly and all of...

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The Stories Within

The hairs on my arms lift at their gossamer touch. They spark and fizz across my skin, shivering up my spine and along my shoulder blades. They are warm breath whispering in my ear and the caress of fingertips along the nape of my neck.

Th...

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Eirlys

A dark blue background. A soft creamy white pencil.

I capture the outline of her face. A tiny smile, a little upturned nose. Eyes closed. Hair drifting.

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  • Emily Charlotte Powell

    Capricious and contradictory, mercurial and messy. Artist. Accountant.

  • David Roberts

    Writer of the Substack Sparks From Culture; zealous fan of my family, my Shih Tzu, all things Substack, NYC (lifelong resident); forty year career in finance, now a writer.

  • Sally Jupe

    ✧Artist & Detailist✧Writer✧Hobby Astrologer & Tarot lover ✧ Passionate about, Art✧Books✧Cats✧Humanity✧Nature✧Science✧Story✧ Memoir✧ All blended, but with Truth & Honesty ✧ Respect & Kindness

  • Eleanor Anstruther

    A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT (Empress Editions) - rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA

  • Daffodil Angel

    Living on an island down under

  • Floella Fairy Frog

    Frog. Writer and wand bearer, with a fondness for tea, storytelling, and snug corners. I was stitched into being with care and a little mischief, and now spend my days writing tales of wonder, and watching the weather with great seriousness.

  • Ju Blencowe

    Coming out of hiding, writing…….. “In order to grow... you must betray their expectations.” —Hayao Miyazaki

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