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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Wow, wow, wow Pipp, well done for finishing your second book!

What a comeback this is...

What a heavenly slipping into the liquidity of black velvet skies and lake, of pine tree silhouettes and distant ballads, of stork wings and the forced hush of mesmerism. This is gorgeous; your voice and the essay seal a moment forever halted in time so exquisitely I sigh as if I, too, was seduced by the dusk, felt the soft kiss of natures bewitchery. I wonder only how you pulled yourself away...

This is stunning, hypnotic, beautiful, this is every adjective of gorgeousness I can't think of right now because my coffee has gone cold and I am caffeineless! xxx

PS I'm so insanely envious of your audio which I still cannot face

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Pipp Warner's avatar

I love the way you comment on it you would have done a much better job of it. I wish you’d seen it. It would have been fascinating seeing different writers cover the same!! The moment was perfect writing material😂🤗

Sorry not to comment until now. I put my story first but consequently office work is backed up!! Am trying to get all the office work closed by tonight… close of the trimester… not that it has been a hectic one. AI is definitely kicking in.

Have a brilliant day… glad you made it to the end of term!!

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

It's the way you wrote it Pipp, your beautiful, lyrical prose was contagious! I most certainly couldn't have done a better job ever...

Although I would loved to have been there, it sounds like you found a little patch of paradise.

AI really is kicking in, I read something really scary a few days ago, I'll send you the link as soon as I find it... never apologise to me lovely, honestly if you knew how behind I am with comments here you'd cry! Its like a full time job! xx

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Holly Starley's avatar

An absolutely gorgeous recreation of the night's magic! I sat back and listened and envisioned in my mind's eyes--much like I would with eyes open while taking in a beautiful stained-glass window.

What a hypnotic, mesmerizing description.

Congrats on the book!!

And thank you ever so much for sharing my story.

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Pipp Warner's avatar

Hello Holly I am so glad you liked it.

My pleasure to link you in! Just hoping we stay interconnected and not out there alone😊

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

An enchanted moment, and an enchanted return, Pipp. So delicious to read this transcendent text of a beautiful moment - you have captured it beautifully 💛 And congratulations on your book, so exciting! And thank you for the kind mention of my guest letters ✨🙏

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Pipp Warner's avatar

My pleasure Emily. And thank you

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Carmine Hazelwood's avatar

Congratulations and welcome back! And thank you for the lovely mention, too. What a gift that evening was. Even to be able to sit and be in full darkness, which is impossible where I live. Thank you for sharing that experience and the stork messengers. My watercolor teacher said never to use black paint because black is actually made from many colors, and it has more depth that way. And it seems you were seeing many shades, and textures of blackness, so that seems to check out? x

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Pipp Warner's avatar

Hi Carmine thank you…and I think so!!! The magic of nearly black blew me away.

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Alex Dawson's avatar

Lovely read! Thanks for the mention 💚

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Pipp Warner's avatar

And my pleasure

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Pipp Warner's avatar

Thanks Alex

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Sarah Moorcroft's avatar

Goodness, I believed I was standing there breathless watching that magnificent bird in the glorious multicoloured night sky, such an evocative description. Thank you so much for your very generous mention as well x

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Pipp Warner's avatar

My pleasure Sarah,

Thank you for writing..I hoped it is evocative. It really was a stunning moment…so difficult to reproduce!!

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