Rachel Deeming

Joined July 2021

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Storyteller. Poet. Reviewer. Traveller.

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Stuck. Content Warning.
"What do we have here?" The light blares and my eyes are startled. Blinking rapidly, I try to assess where the voice is coming from.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Simply Said
Simply said: I wish you would shut up. Let me Enjoy the layers of life that your Noise kills. Can't you see how much it
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
Better Watch Out!
It's gone! All my life's work! Gone! I found out by accident when I went Googling myself. No author called Jeff Trick; no bestsellers by Jeff Trick; no podcast by Jeff Trick!
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
The Storyteller
The days were long on the ship. They prayed for one with a little swell so the rocking of the ship would lull them to sleep. This was their only reprieve from the prospect of their life now and what was ahead of them.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
The Husband, His Wife, Pat and the Threesome. Content Warning.
So she says to me, "Let's have a threesome" and I'm like, "What?" And then she says, "I think we need to mix it up a bit" and I says, "Can't we just go to Butlin's or something or change where we do the grocery shopping?" And she says, "That's your problem! You've got no imagination!"
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
The Facilitator
She put her head in her hands. Another disappointment. How do you win? "You don't," a voice said from behind her. "That's not your role."
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Rescue
Simon and Garfunkel talk of your darkness, my old friend; I instead see light, rescuing me, like a hero's cape, swooping in,
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
Unconditional Love
She said, "I'd follow you anywhere," when they were in the first throes of love, and he believed her. And their love was strong in the beginning.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
I've always liked Jodi Picoult's books in the main and think that she delivers good stories; I'm not familiar with Jennifer Finney Boylan's work although that will change on the strength of this read. I know that Picoult's novels often deal with thorny issues, representative of the times that we live in and present the viewpoints that threaten to divide, in very human stories, with a stress on that - the humans, the people who are affected, who live the lives that we question ethically or morally or simply because we don't understand..
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Two Weeks of a Lady's Life in the Dramatic Landscapes of Colorado and Utah
This is the third instalment of a recent road trip. Links to the others are provided at the end. *** We were hoping for a bright day. A rain-filled night had eased the heat but we wanted it to be brief. A mountain in the rain makes for a miserable experience: it's all about what you can see when you get to the top. Mist is not a transparent film through which to view the vista. Seeing it clinging to the sides of the mountain you wish to ascend breeds disappointment in the heart of many an intrepid traveller. It did the same with me.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Wander
Tether
Sit with me a while and I will tether you. Let light land on lips closed. Ease yourself, like dark oil, into what is Not, as
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
The Lifeguard
It ain't Baywatch. The uniforms are the same but Melmsford Swimming Pool is very different to Malibu. When I started training, I envisioned fishing out gorgeous babes full of gratitude and silicon. The truth is I'm more likely to be fishing out a plaster from someone's gullet because of a rogue wave from the adjacent lane and an ill-timed intake of breath.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction