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Pixie Bruner's avatar

My deepest condolences, Courtenay.

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B. Eldon Calder's avatar

Very sorry to hear about your recent losses as well Courtenay. Thoughts and prayers.

What did you make of The Obscene Madame D? It's an incredibly rare book I hear very credible readers rave about.

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Courtenay Schembri Gray ✰'s avatar

It's excellent!

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B. Eldon Calder's avatar

It's something like an unbroken paragraph, no? How would you describe it?

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Courtenay Schembri Gray ✰'s avatar

More of a prose poem?

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Lucy's avatar

Loved this one Courtenay, and I'm sorry to hear about your recent losses.

A Spaceman Came Travelling is one of my favourites too, along with Last Christmas (just so catchy!)

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Courtenay Schembri Gray ✰'s avatar

Thank you! Is it Christmas if you don't sing along to George Michael?

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Lucy's avatar

Exactly!

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Wendy Varley's avatar

What a beautiful newsletter.

Sorry you are mourning members of your family, Courtenay.

I love your poem for your new baby brother, and that you gifted him a book of poetry.

Hoping this Christmas has some joy in it. A Spacemen Comes Travelling is one of my favourite Christmas songs, thanks for the reminder.

The Tweenies reminds me of my son, Milo, as the programme started when he was a baby and people thought he was named after the purple one. He wasn’t. His sister thought of the name because of The Phantom Tollbooth.

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Courtenay Schembri Gray ✰'s avatar

Thank you for reading! I was obsessed with Tweenies as a child!

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