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A poem - and some illustrated journal entries
 • Carolyn Jones
After the Lights Go Out
A poem and a thank you.
 • Carolyn Jones
Belief at Christmas
When my children were small, I went out of my way to make Christmas feel enchanted; not polished or perfect, but alive.
 • Carolyn Jones
Chapter 15 - The Book Binders
Henry stood framed in the doorway, the light at his back.
 • Carolyn Jones
unbroken
Storming through a battered city,
 • Carolyn Jones

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Echoes in Marginalia
A short story
 • Carolyn Jones
Chapter 14 - The Book Binders
Peter and Helen arrived with the smell of morning tea and cold air.
 • Carolyn Jones
unfenced
Beyond this white-picket purgatory,
 • Carolyn Jones
Why I Still Believe in the Magic of Christmas
Every year, without fail, something inside me softens as December edges into view.
 • Carolyn Jones
Chapter 13 - The Book Binders
Dawn came softly, spilling through the cracks in the curtains like a secret too shy to announce itself.
 • Carolyn Jones
Winter Mornings
I wake to shades of grey,
 • Carolyn Jones
On being an extroverted introvert
There’s a particular kind of life you live when you can walk into any room; parents’ evening, a colleague’s dinner party, a loud café, a meeting that…
 • Carolyn Jones
Chapter 12 - The Book Binders
They walked on, slower now, the silence companionable.
 • Carolyn Jones
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