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About me - Lynda Richards

I've recently given up my employment with the Inland Revenue (!)due to a sudden illness which meant I had to retire earlier than I really wished to do;now I'm trying to start a new life and Helium seems an ideal starting point - I've always wanted to write

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The shock of having an ileostomy: 1 of 1

I expect many of you won't know what an ileostomy is, or why it was necessary:well, I had one because I had cancer of the ovaries and, following my hysterectomy, malignant cells were attacking, and blocking, my colon, that is my large bowel. I therefore had to have this operation, finally, when starvation etc had failed, to ...
Travel > Europe Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Snowdonia, Wales: 3 of 3

A Wood in Autumn The pathways through the wood are crisscrossed with the multitudinous trees' sturdy branches forming tunnel-like enclosures, through which the sun's rays occasionally penetrate quite weakly at this time of year when autumn has almost arrived. The hazy golden light thus created dimly lights the walker's path ...