I am not the only "writer in residence" in the complex where I live. My neighbour already has two books published: Blow the Wind Southerly, and Black the Night and Wild the Sea. I read the latter recently, a rollicking Australian adventure set in the days of sail, where brutal sea captains abduct natives from … Continue reading First you learn to read, and then you read to learn
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
Lavender Bay and Wendy’s Secret Garden
Cousin C, whose nickname is Smiley, rang me out of the blue the other week. I don't often hear from him. "How are you?" his warm voice with its unmistakably Aussie accent was mellow on the phone. "All the better for hearing from you," I said enthusiastically. "Gee, that's nice!" he replied. "Yep," I said, … Continue reading Lavender Bay and Wendy’s Secret Garden
Getting Back to Where I Once Belonged . . .
I'm baaaaack . . . I have a theory that as we get older, the brain cells which record time, die - and that is why our lives appear to be zipping away in front of our eyes, speeded into fast forward flickers. Perhaps that is why it seems to me as if it has … Continue reading Getting Back to Where I Once Belonged . . .
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 