The wheels fell off my day pretty early last Friday. Bill and I both had plans to go to Sydney, but I didn't need to go up as early as he. So there I was, not long finished breakfast, pottering around in my pyjamas, doing a bit of light housework, rehearsing my schedule in my … Continue reading Around the World for Sixpence
Author: Garrulous Gwendoline
I Belong to No One releases to the US and Canada on 31st January 2017.
I am very excited! Eighteen months after its original publication date in Australia, my memoir, I Belong to No One, is about to be released in paperback form in the USA and Canada, available on Amazon in each country. The publisher is Orion Books under ISBN-13: 978-1409164890. This is in addition to the already available Kindle, … Continue reading I Belong to No One releases to the US and Canada on 31st January 2017.
Of Chimney Sweeps and Other Urchins
Derrick Knight's recent post on child labour and chimney sweeps prompted me to re-read my copy of Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies. I must have been around eleven when I last read this book. We didn't have television, and I didn't have a sibling near my age, so I was a voracious reader. Books were precious to me. … Continue reading Of Chimney Sweeps and Other Urchins
The Reluctant Retiree 