Current affairs, thoughts and fiction.
“You look ridiculous if you dance
You look ridiculous if you don’t dance
So you might as well
dance.”
Gertrude Stein
26-year-old writer from Great Britain, reviving an old blog for the extended lockdown into 2021. Currently working on my first novel, Charlie Can’t Swim. You’ll find short stories and other bits and pieces on this blog.
Some of my popular posts are:
Who Killed Mrs Crew – Part One
For the man wearing a denim hat
All images on my blog are MINE. They are copyright free and edited stock photos or images I’ve drawn, painted, traced, or chewed up and spat out. Sometimes I take pictures, too.
I go about and tell people what I think about what they’ve written. If you have anything you want me to read over, let me know.
Twitter: @sealmatches
Hi Harry, it’s interesting. Your last name is Alston. My husband’s last name is Elston that has English history. Hurdle also has English history. Somewhere in the family history, made the two names together as hyphenated – Elston-Hurdle. Thank you for liking my new photo, Chaos. Please come back to visit or follow.
https://theshowersofblessing.wordpress.com/about-me/
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Hiya! Elston-Hurdle is a great name. I looked up the etymology of Alston a while back, and it’s of Anglo Saxon history (so very English!) They presume that the name came from “All-Stone”, or the name given to a town’s stonemason, or stone-crafter. I’d bet Elston has something to do with that too.
Thanks for commenting, I’ll drop by again 🙂
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Thank you. Ill let my sister-in-law know the meaning of your name, see if there’s any relations.
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I studied Philosophy in university, and didn’t know what to do with it after either, so I jumped on a plane, flew halfway across the world and opened a bar in China. 4 years later, I decided to give writing a go. Thanks for liking my post on Up<Side<Down. (:
I'm enjoying meandering through your posts.
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Hey Harry, thanks for stopping by to read me words.
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That’s alright, I enjoyed them 🙂
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Hi Harry, Just wanted to say thanks for the follow and for introducing me to your intelligently written blog. Nice mix of comment and fiction and a distinctive visual style too – great all round. All the best
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Heya Lynn, thanks very much! That’s made my day 🙂
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My pleasure 🙂
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Thought I would let you know your “home” link isn’t working. I can’t get back to where I started 🙂
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Hey, thanks for letting me know, still linked to my old blog 🙂
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Wish you all the best in your writing Harry. I put my same feelings of being an aspiring writer. Anand Bose from Kerala
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Hello, greetings from Texas. Thank you for the like! I do consider myself an aspiring poet, a novice in the art. And so it’s particularly pleasant to begin with the support of fellow writers such as yourself! I truly want to thank you for it! Best wishes and I wish you extraordinary inspiration in your writing!
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Thanks very much, I enjoyed your poem, I’m going to pop over and leave some comments on your content to see if I can help you out in any way!
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Ok great! Be honest, because constructive criticism is welcome here! Thanks a bunch.
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Thank you for stopping by Storyteller. — Ray
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Thanks for dropping by my blog. Glad you liked my Myanmar Portraits. I’ve browsed around and you have an interesting collections. I like it!
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If I eat your eyes, will I gain the way you see the world? Maybe then I’ll steal your brain to write down all the things I see.
I love the way you sew words. I’ma tad jealous. Also thanks for reading a scrap of my blog (Hannarchy.com). It’s not much, but it’s mine and I love it.
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Wow, thanks very much for the lovely comment. I’ll be back to your blog, don’t you worry. Your post was incredibly honest, something I need to work on myself. Hopefully we can inspire each other, 🙂
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Thank you for visiting renhir movie rating.
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Thank you for the visit to my page! I really like what I’ve seen of your posts, you’ve got a great voice, both in your poetry and your commentary. I hope you don’t mind if I follow your blog.
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Thanks so much, and no worries, be my guest!
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Thanks for dropping by on my blog. I’m fairly new to it all. I love having the time to be creative. At the moment I am trying to work out how to share some of my art and blog about it but haven’t come up with the answer yet. Some of what you are doing will help me I think. I also enjoy writing, dancing and writing poetry.
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Good luck with it 🙂 You could always take a picture of your artwork and upload it, then tag it so people can see it.
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Have quite a lot of photos so will start doing that. Thanks for the suggestion
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HI Harry, I love your style! So approachable and easy to relatable. Thanks for stopping by my blog and checking it out, I really appreciate your time!
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Thanks very much! Glad you like it 🙂
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Harry, I just wanted to stop by and thank you for your writing and for reading mine.
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Thank you for reading, and it’s absolutely no problem! That’s what this is all about.
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Wonderful blog-kudos for using only your own images. I’m very adamant about that as well, and I state it. Still I get questions about where I ‘get’ my images 🙂 We don’t ever have to worry about anything using our own images, plus, we get to learn and improve by taking this approach as well. Best to you 🙂
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Thanks so much, just checked out your blog and love the pictures. So vivid. Good job and thanks!
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Thank you!!!
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Thanks for visiting and liking Nutso.
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Brilliant bio. Where in England do you live, if I’m not getting too personal. I’m half English (my better half)
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Thanks for sharing and thanks for the ‘like’ on my post Fog – peace and blessings! 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my blog and liking one of my poems. 🙂 I appreciate it!
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No problem, just reading through some more now, I like your simple style, makes for nice, relaxing bed time reading.
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Thanks. I just describe what’s going on in my head. LOL That might make me simple minded?
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Aha, your ideas are far from simple, but your words are sharp and easy to understand. The one I just read, ‘Summer Affair’, is probably my favourite so far. Simple language, big image. I like!
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Thank you ever so much. 🙂 I don’t often get feedback and it helps me think about what I should be doing differently. I am grateful! I look forward to reading your work very soon.
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No worries, that’s what WordPress is all about. I like stumbling on poetry and writing that makes me want to read me of it. Keep up the good work. Read something if you like, there’s lots here, but no pressure!
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