Poet, short story writer, lover of Earl Grey tea and Pluviophile
My favourite book is Alice in Wonderland
My favourite poem is ‘I eat my peas with honey’ by Ogden Nash because it still makes me laugh.
I love Earl Grey tea – no milk with honey or a nice cup of Smoky Lapsang.
I am a total Pluviophile – thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, light showers, rainbows = peaceful mind.
I write poetry and short stories. My stuff can be about anything that pops into my head.
I once jumped off a 30ft diving board to cure my fear of heights (not recommended very, very dangerous) – it didn’t work & I am now I’m scared of swimming pools as well Hahahaha
© Kate McClelland and katemcclelland01.wordpress.com and katemcclelland01.blogspot.com 2015
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Kate McClelland and katemcclelland01.wordpress.com and katemcclelland01.blogspot.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Failure to do so will result in your face being covered in jam and forcibly licked by puppies.
Forgive me, but I’m looking for some of your poems to read? Lea
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Hello Lea. Sorry, I get ‘carried away’ putting other people’s work out there! I really need to split out my stuff from all the other entries on this site. If it’s not too inconvenient for you, it’d be quicker for you to look here for now: http://katemcclelland01.blogspot.com/
It’s sort of half poetry, half stories. Thanks for showing an interest – Kate :0)
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Hello Kate, while I do a bit of reblogging, I did want to see some of poems. I will gladly check out the other site and thanks for signing on with my other blog as well. It is way behind due to computer issues which I hope will be settled soon. That is why I don’t have the Paris post I would like to have done. Lea 🙂
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Thank you!
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Hey, I nominated you for 3 Days 3 Quotes Challenge. Hope you have a great day.
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Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you. Thank you for ‘stopping by’ at this blog also, very much appreciated, Have a great day Kate ;0)
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You’re welcome and thank you as well. 🙂
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Kate! I am very naughty. I don’t click the like button on your posts nearly often enough, more often than not just clicking straight through to wonderful gems you unearth. So just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much what you do here is appreciated. Thank you! xx
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Hello Running Elk – Hahahaha! Don’t worry, I don’t get hung up on things like that. I am just glad that people find things that I like, interesting enough to stop for a moment and maybe pass on to someone else. The Internet fascinates me – how ideas can go around the World in 24 hours or less, like a cybernetic ‘handholding’ across the Earth – how cool is that?
Thank you very much for taking the time to pass on your kind thoughts, it’s very much appreciated. Kate xx
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Hi Kate thank you for re-blogging!! You seem to be a cool personality and hoping to read more of your poems and writings.Happy Blogging.
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Hello Pinky
Thank you for those kind words.
Your blog shows you to be an enthusiastic, cheerful person and we need more of that.
Have a great day,
Kate
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Thnk U Miss Kate…You Tooo
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That’s my favourite poem too! Thank you for linking to my blog, it is much appreciated. Have a wonderful day.
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Thanks! You’re welcome. Have a great weekend PG, Kate
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Your high diving story reminded me of my own, when my gymnastics coach made me jump off the high dive — without holding my nose. I filtered a lot of chlorine through my system that day. And while I’m not really afraid of heights or the water, I do tend to avoid both of them. 🙂
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You poor thing. Do you think it’s an essential requirement for gymnastics coaches to be sadists? I was in a gym class & the coach made this girl do a backflip off the end of one of those box things that look like they’ve been shipped in from a prison camp escape committee. She was scared – she did the flip, landed right on her coccyx, her head hit her knees, breaking her nose – blood everywhere! I like my water fizzy, in a tall glass with ice & lemon and hopefully un-chlorinated and heights – nothing above 3rd floor thank you :0)
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Most gymnastics coaches are men, so yeah, maybe so. No lemon in my water, thanks. But it needs to be ice cold (without ice). (People say I’m picky.) 🙂
Nothing you can do for a broken coccyx (kinda like my bad jaw joints). No splint or cast, although I still hope to find a wheelchair for my head one day. 🙂
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That’ s probably the most enjoyable blogger introduction I have ever read… I mean It 😁😉… best wishes, Kate. Aquileana 🌟
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Hello Aquileana. Thanks very much, what a kind thing to say. The sentiment is appreciated – Kate :0)
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Thanks for saving me the trouble of jumping off a thirty foot diving board!
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Hahahaha you’re welcome again! It really hurt as I didn’t know you should ‘scoop’ your arms in front of you so you ‘torpedo’ up to the surface. I hit the bottom of the pool with my head and nearly drowned. They do say pride comes before a ‘fall’:0) (I really am scared of heights)
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I was horribly afraid of heights for a very long time. Couldn’t even climb a ladder. So I jumped out of an airplane, twice now, and I’m cured as far as I can tell.
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Wow! Now that’s guts!! I don’t think I will ever jump out of a plane – I just about get ON a plane :0)
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Your intro makes me giggle. Hi there, very nice to virtually meet you 🙂
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Hello Nice virtually to meet you too :0)
I am so glad it made you laugh.
hanks so much for flowing, really appreciate it :0)
Kate
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🙂
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You’re very sweet AJ, thanks
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Thanks for liking my recent post, Kate. Reading your intro, I felt myself thinking how different we are. I dislike rain, more than I ever imagined I could. Since moving to Norfolk to retire, it seems to always rain, and I constantly blog about how much I hate it.
And those teas…My tea would be brick-red, a small amount of milk, a strong brew, (Taylors or Yorkshire) and sweet too. The scented teas are not for me.
The joys of blogging. Opposites attracted by words and ideas.
Best wishes from Norfolk. Pete.
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You’re very welcome Pete
Thank you for liking my poem, very kind of you. Always a bit reluctant to put my scribbles ‘out there’ when there are so many talented people here.
Hahaha nothing wrong with Yorkshire tea! I just don’t drink milk (not vegetarian, just don’t like the taste) so a good pot of brick-red Yorkshire tea with a bit of honey in would be just as nice (I don’t know the other brand, sorry).
Mum used to make what she called ‘builders tea’. It was so strong you could practically slice it!
Indeed, if we were all the same, it would be awful. We’d be sick of each other and have nothing to say.
Best Wishes to you too Pete
Kate
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It’s good to meet you!
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Thank you. Good to meet you also!
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It’s always good to meet another pluviophile!
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Hello Audrey
Indeed it is, there seem so few of us around – and yet so much rain! hahaha!
Nice to meet you too. Hope the day goes well for you
Kate :0)
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After reading a bit about you (and your anti-plagiarism notice), I have only one remaining question: what kind of jam?
xx,
mgh
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Hello Madelyn
Hahahaha – Excellent!! – you are the first person ever to spot that! (been on there since I started the blog, so ‘kudos’ to you)
I just put that in to see if anyone would actually read it :0)
Any jam – as long as it’s a seedless one. Wouldn’t want the poor puppies to get them stuck in their gums :0)
Kate :0)
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Great idea, actually. I often wonder how many people read and how many skip merrily around the i-net clicking “likes” the way they handle Facebook!
My “homepage” is way too long and seriously out of date, so I’m fairly certain that not ONE of my many “likers” on that one have ever read the darned thing – even though it might appear to be my most popular post. I once imagined that I would keep it up to date, until I began to wonder if it would be worth my time.
btw: I strongly prefer raspberry jam *with* seeds, so I will have to make sure I am scrupulous about attribution.
xx,
mgh
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Hahaha! I actually prefer raspberry jam ‘with seeds’ also, I was merely thinking of the poor puppies :0)
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Kate, I’m off to my leaba (bed, in Gaelic) and pronounced, La – ba. It’s been nice chewing the fat with you. I bought Prodigal Son so now, I’m taking you to bed!
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Hi Kate, it’s a pleasure to meet you! I wanted to thank you for reblogging one of my posts, I really appreciate it and I look forward to exploring your site!! Steph
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You’re very welcome Steph
I love to re-blog interesting or informative blog posts, so the pleasure’s mine :0)
Kate
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❤
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You are so supportive, reblog my work and are just a damned good egg.x 😇 already I follow read and like, i will continue to do so. P.s.my maiden name was Cheshire, I love Alice in wonderland , puppies and love being genre free. X😇
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Thanks Ellen! Very kind of you to say. You’re very welcome.
I love to re-blog posts I find interesting, no matter what the subject.
I love a large variety of subjects and I’m sure other people do as well, so I share them.
I, like you don’t like being shoved in a genre mould, I like to write what I want in whatever style I want and why not?
Lewis Carroll wrote ‘Alice’ and books on Mathematics.
I am glad you are an ‘Alice’ fan too, the more the merrier! :0)
Cheshire is a great name.
I think this is the most ‘I’s’ I have ever used in one reply hahaha!
BW
Kate x
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Hahaha got the puppy reference! You are only the second person in eighteen months to spot that – clever lady!
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Kate, many thanks, once again, for the reblog. The original poem was like a Homerian epic and I finally got round to tackling and stripping it to its current size, last Saturday. It means a lot to me and even more, if it brings some enjoyment to others.
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You’re welcome. Maybe you could put the extended version out in two halves?
People blog books a bit at a time, why not an epic poem? It annoys me when you get advised to not put anything out that is more than 300 words. I sometimes tell people how many words are in the story ‘have you got time to read a 586 word story?’ If they open it and read it that’s really great, if not they may ‘circle back’ after reading shorter items and then read it.
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from one pluviophile to another.. HIFI girl! Great to meet you. Your blog is beautiful place. I have to come back again to explore more. Loved the fresh perspective of thoughts. Keep it up.
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Thank you! Pleased to meet you too.
There are more pluviophiles out there, we normally keep quiet about it due to all the sun worshippers :0).
Thanks so much for those lovely comments, it’s very kind you.
Kate :0)
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your most welcome dear… haha must be cuz of the sun worshipers! 😉
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What a delightfully bizarre About page.
If you ever want someone to dance with in a rainstorm, just growl.
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Hahahaha! Thank you! I was going for ‘bizarre’ Lol. You are on my ‘to call’ list for the rainstorm dance :0)
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Thank you for following my blog. I look forward to reading yours.
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Hi Kate, I love your poem that talks about Depression. May I have the permission to post it with full credit to you and link back to your awesome blog here? Pretty please. I don’t want to be forcibly licked by puppies.
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It’s this one: https://katemcclelland01.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/depression/
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Hahaha of course you can, that is so very kind of you!
You’re only the third person to notice the ‘licked by puppies’ comment, thank you.
If you would like to read my scribblings, you can type in my name in the ‘search’ box and it should pull them out from between all the re-blogs!
Thank again
Best wishes
Kate :0)
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You have an awesome memory for keeping count. Haha! Thanks for the tip. I’ll keep that in mind as I explore your blog.
Thank you so much! ❤
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Lol! I have lots of useless facts bouncing around my head – just don’t ask me what I had for lunch yesterday, I won’t remember hahaha!
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I posted your awesome poem on the SOS blog, Kate. I hope you like how I put it up. 🙂
Thanks again!
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Aww thanks Tina, you are so kind. Us clumsies need to stick together – and if we are anywhere need glue we might!!
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Hi Kate. Just popped in to thank you for the follow. I’m looking forward to reading some of your poems and stories.
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Thank you very much, and thanks for following – looking forward to reading your blog also :0) Kate
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Hey you!
I just saw my latest post in “Posts That I Like.”
That’s so generous of you! Thank you. I’m still relatively new to the blogosphere and I’m more than slightly awed by your digital presence.
I look forward to reading your thoughts and staying touch.
Best,
Jon
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You’re very welcome. WordPress is a very welcoming, supportive blog site I have been in here just over 18 months and I have ‘met’ literally hundreds of lovely people here. Have a fabulous 2017! Kate
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Lovely to connect with you Kate, I look forward to reading more of your beautiful words
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What a lovely thing to say, thank you, Kate :0)
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I very much like your blog.
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Hello Vinnie That’s so kind of you to say, thank you
Kate :0)
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Thank you for following my blog.
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You’re very welcome thanks for following me too :0)
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Kate, please email me so I can send you my book to read: colleenchesebro3@gmail.com 😀
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lovely blog! you’ve turned us all into pluviophiles 🙂
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Hahahaha! Awww thanks so much for that, very nice of you to say!
Kate :0)
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