Ghost Stories
Ghostly looking building A Genteel Ghost (a true story by Roger Britton) I never believed in ghosts before, but now I am not quite sure… perhaps a presence is what I mean… St Mary’s Convent and school,...
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We’ve always had boat-people coming to Australia. Our ancestors arrived here in ships from England. The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which left Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to found a...
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My best friend told me stories about these statues when I stayed with her near Bondi Beach as a young woman. I see the remaining one when I go to Waverley Library. Thanks Libby for this. See Libby...
View ArticleHurrah for Helen Garner!
Helen Garner, one of my favourite Australian writers, who writes across genres, has just won the prestigious Windham-Campbell prize for non-fiction. When she received an email asking for...
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View Article2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2015. If it...
View ArticleHello and welcome…
Hello to all my blog readers at the beginning of 2016, as the Year of the Goat (in Chinese Astrology) is coming to an end. And the Year of the Monkey is going to begin. I hope this year will be even...
View ArticleMy travel journal 1968: a metaphor
Yugoslavia 1968 It is difficult, almost impossible, to work at a full-time job and to write creatively at the same time. My first writings were straight journal entries. While travelling around...
View ArticleListen to this organ in Croatia that uses the sea to make hauntingly...
The music from this organ is like nothing you’ve ever heard. Source: Listen to this organ in Croatia that uses the sea to make hauntingly beautiful music. The post Listen to this organ in Croatia that...
View ArticleThe Dance | anne skyvington
Since having my manuscript edited for structure by a professional editor, I have decided to write the novel from a limited (deep or close) point of view. Not my editor’s decision, as she liked Will’s...
View ArticleDelphi and the Sacred Way
The Sacred Way Two events recently prompted me to revisit this post about Delphi and the renowned oracle. One was a visit to the theatre to see “The Pride”, a comment on society’s changing attitudes...
View ArticleArt and the Mermaid
My best friend told me stories about these statues when I stayed with her near Bondi Beach as a young woman. I see the remaining one when I go to Waverley Library. Thanks Libby for this. See Libby...
View ArticleHurrah for Helen Garner!
Helen Garner, one of my favourite Australian writers, who writes across genres, has just won the prestigious Windham-Campbell prize for non-fiction. When she received an email asking for...
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View ArticleSad News: Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird has died aged 89
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View ArticleGhost Stories: Call for Submissions
A Genteel Ghost (a true story by Roger Britton) I never believed in ghosts before, but now I am not quite sure… perhaps a presence is what I mean… St Mary’s Convent and school, in Warren, central New...
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View Article2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2015. If it...
View ArticleHello and welcome…
Hello to all my blog readers at the beginning of 2016, as the Year of the Goat (in Chinese Astrology) is coming to an end. And the Year of the Monkey is going to begin. I hope this year will be even...
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