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About me - Carol Barnard

I am very fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, beside a part of the coast where the river meets the sea. It is darkly dangerous, and deliciously inviting. Small boats bob about on its fiendish waters, disguising the hungry eddies

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Daily news (12/04/07): 1 of 9

My husband and I have experimented keeping different kinds of fish since we married nearly thirty years ago. We have had several ponds, tanks of varying shapes and sizes, and even tried the space age looking bi-orb. All of these projects produced only limited success: Heron's ate the fish out of one of our garden ponds. Anot...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Mother: 4 of 28

She stared at the photograph in her hand. Looking back at her was her daughter, a golden haired youth; big blue eyes. shiny white teeth and an air of complete confidence. She stood in the centre of the bedroom drinking in the scene of abandonment. The bed was stripped of the comforting signs of occupancy, tacks remained embe...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Cat behavior: 64 of 121

It was a hot summer's day, and the sash windows in the apartment above our shop were all flung wide open to let the delicious sea air circulate. There was a small ledge directly outside the windows which had our shop sign attached to it. Mr. Tubbs, our long haired Siamese cross, (who my daughters originally wanted to call bu...
Relationships & Family > Family Life Recipe for a happy family life: 41 of 47

A line from one of my favourite songs sums up what many families are guilty of, "you listen, but you don't hear". Everybody's voice is important in a family. No one voice should be heard above another. Having a regular meal together with no distractions is a marvelous time for everyone in the family to express themselves, ta...