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L’automne dans la Vallée

John Drudge·November 25, 2023

L’automne dans la Vallée written by: John Drudge She sat On the old stone Windowsill Of the...

At The Lavender U-Pick

Robyn MacKinnon·October 2, 2022

At The Lavender U-Pick written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat The yard toads are back at the lavender...

Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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Sweetpeas

Christina Chin·March 26, 2022

Sweetpeas written by: Christina Chin @Christina_haiku lavender sweetpeas a gust of foehn breeze intoxicating...

English Poetry

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Lavender

Roger Turner·February 12, 2021

Lavender written by: Roger Turner @titansdad Streams of colour In constant motion showing shades of beauty hidden...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Cast Off

Mercury

Interviews

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

The Devil Calls

Things to Remember, Things to Forget

Reflecting on Fickle Summer Love

The Scenting Lights

The Lavender Pages

Unchained

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L’automne dans la Vallée

At The Lavender U-Pick

Sweetpeas

Lavender

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

Still Standing Tall

Cast Off

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Every Day, at Five A.M.

You’ll Be Fine

Interview Q&A With Jim Bartlett

The Devil Calls

The Mirror Did Not Come as Glass

My Forest

Artificial Idiocracy