Sarah Guppy

Thanks to all followers...longer work is in the "pipeline" currently but meantime check out my flash fiction on Story Shack website: the good, the bad, the funny, the macabre and wee "epiphany moments"...

Dear Paula, I'll politely remind you weekly - If that's okay -about "The Hive" novel...regards from Edinburgh

Greetings, Paula! A polite reminder-nudge about "The Hive" novel from Edinburgh. Seasonal regards...

defenestrationism.net/dedication-t... Dear BM, please find this direct link to entire poem! Again, thanks for your interest. My novels also include verse.

I would have hoped De-Fenestrationism.net would have published the whole poem! apologies: I thought the upload covered all text but have a trawl, please, through relevant website for missing text! Thanks for your interest. Seasonal Regards.

great sense of atmosphere, place...

Merry Berry Christmas, Solstice & New Year to all followers! Tomorrow, I plan to watch a great Uk film on TV called "The Man Who Invented Christmas" about true life Charles Dickens & his inspiration behind "A Christmas Carol"...in today's chaotic world It's good to reflect deeply on this...

Cool and groovy little item! You don't often see the Octopus lauded by artists...

Many thanks for the re-tweet/re-post...good wishes

Yet others are too often given a death penalty with flimsy evidence...A Felon is a Felon and Eco Cide should be recognised internationally: the deliberate killing of eco systems, crops, livelihoods, farmers, villagers. In parts of the world it's already recognised - praise be

Good taste! Keats certainly appreciated nature and all. If it helps raise awareness of nature and its power to sustain/inspire then that has to be good thing - particularly now. His poetry made deep, lasting impression on me at school! Regards

The globe needs a FREQUENT FLYER TAX levied on the wealthier who fly more and thus pollute more. In the Uk the Green Party & Lib Dems advocate for this but Labour and some Tories still deem this type of tax as "barrier to wealth creation" which it's not! It must be mainstream thinking by most...

Democracies need BALANCED USE OF STATE apparatus: sometimes setting limits, boundaries but also protecting & serving all not just mega rich & polluters. Currently too much emphasis on immigration maybe but not setting likewise limits to amount of times you can fly without paying a frequent flyer tax

There's something in that! Yes, extreme views are a bit mad even though dressed up smartly in hyper expensive grey suits. But after a while anger creates vast amounts of hot air, fear, bullying & doesn't help address shared concerns like climate change, high wealth inequality. TOLERANCE

God could be optional, granted! BUT it's still good to have values, wider beliefs. Things like greater fairness, kindness, honesty, integrity. Qualities that help in the everyday no matter what a nation may be going through, qualities that cut through tribalism...

Many sincere thanks for your follow! I'm re-writing a novel that's contemporary & hope an American Lit Agent resonates with it. Stay sane, have principles...regards

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Greeings, please do send Zoom link and passcode for meeting on Thursday 17th July 2 p.m USA time...thanks & regards from Edinburgh!

Greetings: polite reminder of online meeting Thursday 17th July, an exact time would be appreciated. Regards from Edinburgh. I could do 12 noon, 1p.m or 2p.m USA times.

Lovely, lovely. Uplifting, life affirming. The glories of other creatures, great & small...

A bi partisan bill is needed to make bribing of voters illegal and also "hate speech" illegal too...see the violence in Florida Sherriff's recent speech. Moderate Republicans are often afraid to speak out for fear of death threats, abuse. Trump thrives in culture of fear, denial, violence.

MAGA = Make America Grotesque Again with tax cuts for mega rich, continued oil burning, erosion of social security & basic rights, bullying & threatening language used publicly with no accountability. Democrats must come up with new, green, fair policy like global frequent flyer tax...

MAGA = Make America Grotesque Again: tax cuts for rich, illegal, heavy handed immigration policy, cut social security, ban books, wreak fear, use violent language which threatens, destroy nature, pollute the air, deny rights...bribe voters, censor talk of climate change...

Right!

The social contract matters: people vote, pay tax, serve in forces, do community service, do jury service and it's reasonable to expect decent public services, Medicare, libraries in return. States have duty to protect & serve & global frequent flyer tax levied on wealthier could raise needed funds

Greetings, Paula: is this week eating in to your time again? I could meet tomorrow thursday 12th June at afore mentioned times or might you have an hour or so Thursday 19th or Friday 20th: again, same times? Thanks & regards

You know where you with a racoon! THEIR stink is okay, it's the stink of Trump that's harder to deal with...Mind you skunks are real offenders...

Greetings from Edinburgh: what time might suit on Thursday 12th June? 12 noon, 1p.m or 2p.m USA time. Regards

Greetings: Thursday 12th June is fine at either 12 noon, 1p.m or 2p.m USA times. Please advise, regards from Edinburgh

SOME (not all!) Republicans are "pro life" and anti abortion so fiercely that they cannot/will not see equally how climate change more widely ALSO erodes "right to life". Because THAT would mean consulting this same elusive human conscience wouldn't it? A deeply personal thing.