JAMAICA INN As child growing up in the late fifties there was a slim volume on our bookshelves that I turned to over and over again. It was certainly not intended for a ten or eleven year old, especially one more accustomed to Enid Blyton and The
Read more →I chose this story because Gnome is now a close neighbour of mine. He played a special part in Pauline’s book, All Along the River. Here is a little piece from the manuscript: ‘There was a touch of the surreal about the outdoor cafe we visited
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NEEDLES IN THE COMMENT THREADS ; ON-LINE BULLYING A lot has been written about cyber bullying among young people on social networking sites, but I was shocked to encounter the problem on an online writers’ forum. Generally speaking I found the members to be mature, articulate and
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Was it really twenty one years ago that Sydney hosted the Olympic Games? The photograph at left confirms that in the year 2000 I was a true Olympic nerd! The only previous time Australia had hosted the Games was in 1956, when I was five. I
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AN ENGAGING READ One of my very favourite books combines all three of my areas of interest…HISTORY, HUMOUR, & TRAVEL. It is also about one of my favourite cities – New York. Apple of my Eye was written by the late Helene Hanff, better known for
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THE WATER DOCTOR’S DAUGHTERS 29/6/2012 – It occurs to me that I should give a brief explanation of how I came across the story of Dr James Loftus Marsden and his daughters. It”s a little convoluted, but bear wih me. For some time I have been researching
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