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[Jim]

Makes me sound like one of the norns http://bonekindred.weebly.com/uploads...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

As long as you're not from Norn Iron...

[Jim]

:-)

[Jim]

Not one review but two! :-)
Keeping Body and Soul Together


Ignite reviewed Keeping Body and Soul Together (The Port Naain Intelligence)
Things are never simple! May 20, 2017
Benor finds a wan looking lad on the point of being lynched for a murder and rescues him. It turns out that a dead man owns the young man’s soul. Benor offers to help get back the affidavit which will free him. Nothing is ever as simple as it sounds!

I enjoy the setting and the characters of these Port Naain stories and the dry sense of humour does it for me every time. This story, though not my favourite of the series, is well told.

and
Sometimes I sits and thinks
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt reviewed Sometimes I sits and thinks
Jim Webster is the James Herriot of farming sheep May 20, 2017
Jim Webster's stories make me nostalgic for a world I've never known - and probably am not sturdy enough to survive. His affection for his charges, the ewes and the lambs, is evident when he points out they are smarter than horses (horses have better PR). His warm tales about his sheep dogs make me want to own a dog (I'm not a dog person, and these are intelligent farm worker dogs, not pets). It's the straightforward and down home way he writes about the daily life of someone who's been a farmer since a child, through all the wavering government support and lack thereof, through the plagues of the farm life, in a way that shows the depth of his love for his home and profession. Think 'James Herriot, Farmer.'

I'm stopping to write this review at the end of the 8th entry, labeled, 'Occasionally you get it right,' because he does - and I want to savor the rest of them slowly.

Jim Webster is a writer - I can give no higher praise. Read him, and you may be a little closer to what it really means to be a sheep farmer, as close as you can get. You get all the good stuff. It'll warm your cockles.

thanks both :-)

[Will]

Nice work, Jim.

It's always warming to be appreciated like that!

[Pam]

You might not hear from me for a while as my laptop has died on me now my new tablet is going back to o2 tomorrow. But I do want to keep on this site Pam

[Jim]

Hi Pam, hope you keep in touch.

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Nice work, Jim.

It's always warming to be appreciated like that!"

yes, brightens a day considerably :-)

[M.T.]

Lovely job! ;-)

[Jim]

brightened my day :-)

[David]

Couple of great reviews there Jim, good going.

[Jim]

yes I was chuffed, and not quietly chuffed either :-)

[Jim]

Tallis Steelyard proudly presents Tallis Steelyard, a harsh winter and other stories.



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More of the wit, wisdom and jumbled musings of Tallis Steelyard. Includes the unexpurgated account of the Mudfold and Cockeren feud, the dangers inherent in light music, and how Tallis first met and wooed Shena.

[Elizabeth]

Downloading later tonight!

[Jim]

Elizabeth wrote: "Downloading later tonight!"

hope you enjoy it :-)

[Jim]

Must be June, the celebratory blog tour continues with

Charming and elegant!

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[Jim]

A charming child

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[Jim]

Draw a bow at a venture

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[Jim]

Etiquette!

https://scvincent.com/2017/05/31/gues...

[Jim]

And the juggernaut that is the Tallis Steelyard blog tour rumbles on

https://tallissteelyard.wordpress.com...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

This is what I get when I google Juggernaut...

[Jim]

the original was more refined

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggern...

:-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

It is rather! Much more Tallis..

[Jim]

one of them hits you there's be a lot more Tallis coverage

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Jim wrote: "one of them hits you there's be a lot more Tallis coverage"

Um, that sentence doesn't make sense..

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Jim wrote: "one of them hits you there's be a lot more Tallis coverage"

Um, that sentence doesn't make sense.."

but it's poetic!

or alternatively I should have written
"one of them hits him there will be a lot more Tallis coverage"

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ah, that is more comprehensile!

[Jim]

And a blog to explain

https://tallissteelyard.wordpress.com...

[M.T.]

I still owe Tallis a post from me. But you're welcome to pop one on my blog - although saying that, the mailing list would be more effective I suspect.

[Alicia]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Ah, that is more comprehensile!"

Love that word. May steal it. Very visual.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Alicia wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Ah, that is more comprehensile!"

Love that word. May steal it. Very visual."

You're welcome :)

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "I still owe Tallis a post from me. But you're welcome to pop one on my blog - although saying that, the mailing list would be more effective I suspect."

yes something for the mailing list. I'll ponder :-)

[Jim]

And another fine book from Tallis Steelyard

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Tallis Steelyard. The Monster of Bell-Wether Gardens and other stories.



More of the wit, wisdom and jumbled musings of Tallis Steelyard. It covers the perils of exam invigilation, the problems associated with literary criticism, the benefits gained by hiring erotic dancers and the healing properties of hot water and syrup of figs. An unparalleled guide to the pitfalls which await the honest artist attempting to ply their trade.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I know what I will be reading taoday.

[Will]

Is tao day a freudian mistype?

[Will]

Bought mine, too

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Will wrote: "Is tao day a freudian mistype?"

Something like that.

[Jim]

I've heard of the Tao of Pooh
Why not the Tao of Tallis?

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I know what I will be reading taoday."

I trust you enjoy it
Tear jerking romance and carefully applied violence, often in the same sentence :-)

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Bought mine, too"

good, I hope you enjoy it Will

All human life is, after as fashion, if you don't look too carefully, there :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

[Jim]

I think with Tallis it's more a case of
open bottle
pour wine into glass
drink
repeat

At random intervals there will doubtless be wit and verse

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Too much wine and you get the reverse of wit.

[Jim]

There's nothing sadder than a poet with a bad case of tiw

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Is there any cure for tiw?

[Anna]

Hope not - it's my first laugh this afternoon.

[Jim]

Anna Faversham wrote: "Hope not - it's my first laugh this afternoon."

I don't know, now we're mocking the afflicted :-)

[Will]

Mock away, for I am used to it

[Kath]

Delightful, as always! These people (Tallis, Benor et al) are my friends.

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Delightful, as always! These people (Tallis, Benor et al) are my friends.

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201..."

as charming a group of people as would ever join you in a glass of white wine