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Writer of words Baker of bread Player of guitar Father of two Husband to one

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The fields are black. Meghan pulls on her back pack and heads out the back door. At the gate into what had been Garter Field she stops and breathes, feeling the knot of anxiety tighten - the taste of acid rising into her mouth.... #FromOneLine 430 #prompt
The fields are black.
Meghan pulls on her back pack and heads out the back door. 
    At the gate into what had been Garter Field she stops and breathes, feeling the knot of anxiety tighten - the taste of acid rising into her mouth. 
    Last week she had found the leverets and now their entire world had burned. Even the hedge had burned, their only possible place of refuge. Smoke had billowed up from the stubble for two whole days and only ceased when the rain had come yesterday.
    She lifts the gate latch and pushes it open, then sets off at a deliberately slow pace across the charred ground, her eyes scanning from side to side for any sign of movement.
    'Please,' she mutters to herself. 'Please, God.'

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it).
Grey sky over Sheffield. It has been raining.
Slightly edited for clarity
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's World Suicide Prevention Day. Call the people you haven't heard from in a while. 🌺
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026
🎯 by @ellabaron.bsky.social The abuse directed towards RNLI volunteers is horrendous. Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They are doing incredible work.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just been reading this book. I was trying to review it but it turned simply into a few reflections. cbaldwin.substack.com/p/green-smok...
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Green Smoke, by Rosemary Manning
A reflection
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I must admit I do like to see myself as a social media influenza... I'm definitely going viral
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Required: One quantum timeline shift.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
First Christmas tree of the season spotted today 07.09.2026 WTF?
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Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Storm Damage is now available through Amazon. amzn.eu/d/01IIzu5K
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Storm Damage: Amazon.co.uk: Vallance, Jan: 9781036990565: Books
Buy Storm Damage by Vallance, Jan from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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Broomspring Writers @broomspringwriters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Storm Damage by Jan Vallance is now available through Amazon as a paperback. amzn.eu/d/01IIzu5K
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@jackabbott.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social If these were Israeli kids would you do something to help? @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social Call out govt's moral cowardice over the genocide. Never again by anyone to anyone
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#Move the flame to the window. May it burn away the dark #7syllablesentence #7syllablesquad
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Season's #turning, light the fire #7syllablesentence #7syllablesquad
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There's #looking and there's seeing. #7syllablesentence
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm #looking respectfully #7SyllableSquad #7syllablesentence #writing #writingcommunity
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dim your #headlights, you dazzler! #7syllablesentence
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It is September & today I started my challenge to walk 84km to raise funds for #PancreaticCancerUK who fund cutting edge research into early testing for this deadly disease. Derbyshire Peak District was the perfect way to start. A beautiful walk through Padley Gorge I walked 10km. There's a 🔗 below
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fate dabbles with you mortals. #7syllablesentence
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
She argues like hot #wax scores diamond points that thrill and scorch in the heat of debate but as the temperature drops there is pleasure to be had in picking them to crumbling pieces with incisive nails #vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
When tomorrow becomes today and we have all but lost hope I will remember the dreams yesterday nurtured that I prayed would settle as snowflakes on the pillow of your cheek I will reflect on choices made & paths taken gifts received and offered my bargaining and your generosity #FromOneLine 427
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh dear, I've just spotted that on my fundraising page I'd added a target of £150, which has somehow been changed in the upload to £15,000! I'm really not that ambitious but anything you can give is very gratefully received!
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Pancreatic cancer is known as the 'silent killer' as many don't know they have it until the disease is too far advanced for effective treatment. Pancreatic Cancer UK seeks to fund cutting edge research to develop diagnostic tests & treatments. fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/...
fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
Support my 84km walk to end pancreatic cancer.
Sponsor my challenge to fund cutting-edge pancreatic cancer research and change lives.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Earlier this year my brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He is still with us, receiving chemotherapy. This September, I'm undertaking to walk 84km, to remember the 84 people who die every 3 days and to raise some funds. Click to donate fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/...
fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
Support my 84km walk to end pancreatic cancer.
Sponsor my challenge to fund cutting-edge pancreatic cancer research and change lives.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Earlier this year my brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He is still with us, receiving chemotherapy. This September, I'm undertaking to walk 84km, to remember the 84 people who die every 3 days and to raise some funds. Click to donate fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/...
fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk
Support my 84km walk to end pancreatic cancer.
Sponsor my challenge to fund cutting-edge pancreatic cancer research and change lives.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
4am & I argue with sleep she abandons me vows to return against my wishes at some later time this #pillow, her staunchest ally, confounds me despite my beating suffocates me despite my breathing taunts me despite my writhing & now there is thunderous rain on the roof yet the day is aloof #vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Little Sparrow
A picture of Dolly Parton on the cover of her album Little Sparrow.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A blue scrap of paper, lifted by the wind, settled in a muddy puddle by the park bench where he sat. A young woman came and sat next to him. She smiled at him. He smiled back. ... #FromOneLine 426
A blue scrap of paper, lifted by the wind, settled in a muddy puddle by the park bench where he sat. A young woman came and sat next to him. She smiled at him. He smiled back. 

He looked down at the paper again. A dark stain had appeared as the water soaked in. And writing - he could see words written across it.
He put his phone down on the bench & fished it out.
'Don't lose your phone' it read.
He looked up to see the young woman had left. 
And his phone?
Gone.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
onion, carrots, celery that classic, savoury #dice toss in a sizzle of fine olive oil garlic a pinch of salt tomatoes, zucchini capsicum, basil a bed of fusilli cooked al dente, al dente! black pepper black olives and freshly grated parmeggiano a hug in a bowl a hug in a bowl! #vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
days like this days of drizzle, drift and grief the only comfort: the #kettle #Vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Le mouche abused my amuse bouche
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
She smelled of summer evenings and #soap And like soap she slipped through my fingers #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
What an incredible community. So many stories and poems. 🌷 "Naturally, during a power outage, not a single match in the matchbox worked." The #vss365 #prompt for August 17, 2026 is #matchbox
Picture of a matchbox by Georg Eiermann on Unsplash
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
On the scrap of paper she wrote his name. On the reverse she outlined her heart.... #matchbox #vss365
On the scrap of paper she wrote his name.
On the reverse she outlined her heart.
In the garden she held a bloom to her nose, inhaled the rich fragrance, plucked perfect petals, deep crimson, from the rose bush. 
In the kitchen she emptied the #matchbox, filled it with paper scrap and petals, three cloves, a pinch of cinnamon, held the pink candle and let the wax drip.
'Be mine,' she whispered. 
She kissed the box, and set it atop the coals in the grate.
#vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
At the table they sit within an arm's reach of each other a finger's touch a hand's caress and yet no glance flashes between them no words slip from their lips their eyes fixed on screens beside them each lost in a dream an imagined reality far removed they sit together but remain #remote #vss365
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
She has claws, this lady steel dagger blades she keeps them in the nightstand sharpens them on unsuspecting bedfellows a quick slick slash across the neck her pupils dilate she watches the crimson stain hears his gurgling breath his skin pales she tastes iron on the air #FromOneLine 425
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Seeking balance, she kept repositioning the coin. She held it lightly between finger & thumb & lowered the edge to the table surface. Her fingers shook. Her breath slow to find control. At the third attempt, it stood poised on its edge. She looked up at him. 'Yeah, well,' he said. #FromOneLine 424
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
open.substack.com/pub/cbaldwin... Miss Tancred A poem — and a true story
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Miss Tancred
A poem — and a true story
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I was sitting outside the cinema yesterday waiting to see David Byrne's American Utopia- Fabulous! And this view between buildings presented itself to me. I was struck by the interplay of architecture, & allowed myself a little edit of the saturation which has given it an almost cartoon-like effect.
A very structural view between buildings in Sheffield, with strong down lines. Colours have been heightened to highlight the blue of windows, the orange of distant brickwork, and a blue tinted cloudy sky.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
open.substack.com/pub/cbaldwin...
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Tickets
A short story
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
at the lake's edge heron stabs the reflected sky #haiku
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Tickets
A short story
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Every accusation is a confession.
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Some recent encounters
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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She's taking on Elon Musk
Jess Asato opened her phone to horrific, AI-generated videos depicting her about to be brutally raped. Now, she is bravely taking Elon Musk's company to court. But she is up against a billionaire empi...
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So Herr Drumpf didn't intervene to insist Spain's goal shouldn't be allowed, then? He must be losing his grip
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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#ISeeFaces Mixer tap unit in the B&B I'm staying in this weekend.
Picture shows a Victorian style mixer tap arrangement on a sink. The end on the taps look like eyes while the spout resembles a nose and the overflow from the sink looks like a surprised mouth.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social in the commons yesterday: "The media, Reform & all the far right in Britain have created the most horrible & dangerous atmosphere in this country against refugees, against migrants & against minorities". 🎯
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Kidchicago @kidchicago.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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