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This Ain’t No Walk In The Park (Coronavirus blog-story #1)

by Claudia on April 10, 2020April 16, 2020

Dylan stomped his feet and wriggled so much that Sharon took twice as long as normal to put his sandals on.  “Wait up little man, please stop moving,” she pleaded…. [Continue Reading]

Three little things to help us while we Stay At Home

by Claudia on March 31, 2020

So we find ourselves now living in a time of chaotic isolation. Or isolated chaos. A friend said to me today that maybe introverts are happy as pigs in clover!… [Continue Reading]

There’s no place like home… is there

by Claudia on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Recently my son expressed disappointment that he has no childhood home, to return home to. He was lamenting the fallout from the lack of stability he experienced in his childhood…. [Continue Reading]

How to make a cloud

by Claudia on August 15, 2019

I once loved a man who as he walked beside me on my beach composed a song about how to make a cloud. Little did I know that he would… [Continue Reading]

Hiya!

by Claudia on March 7, 2017April 3, 2017

Hello from whynotstories! 😊 A few years ago I hadn’t even heard of Lombok. Then tragedy struck and my life was changed forever. Now I’m living a new chapter of my… [Continue Reading]

Still

by Claudia on September 25, 2016March 31, 2017

Two years today, this morning… a mere fragment of time really; an eternity. Here’s my poem of the moment. Writing poems helps me cope. Sharing to honour. With love for… [Continue Reading]

Friendship

by Claudia on March 1, 2016March 27, 2017

The seed of new friendship grows with an energy of its own… With salt air and ocean water flowing free into the journeys of its body and soul, it pulses… [Continue Reading]

The Cellist

by Claudia on February 27, 2015March 31, 2017

He draws the bow across the strings slowly painfully sweetly. Pulling sombre tones they glide through air heavy with regret and longing. Lost in the music. His eyes, dark and… [Continue Reading]

Another day, another night

by Claudia on November 25, 2014March 27, 2017

Every night I delay going to bed… cos it’s lonely in there, and I just dread the nightmares that haunt my sleep. Every day I walk nowhere and back… now… [Continue Reading]

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