Much excitement last week at the Gala Event of the Society Women Writers NSW at which numerous competition winners were announced. Included in these were the Members' Book Awards and the National Writing Competition (short stories and poems). I had entered a nonfiction essay to be supportive. Most of my free time is spent on … Continue reading Loving in the Shadow of Tito – a “commended” short essay
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A Ramble about Reading
It is about 5pm on the first Sunday in March as I write, and outside my window steady rain is falling in a sheet that obscures the view. It's been raining for about two weeks now. Much of the coast of lower Queensland and New South Wales is caught in an east coast low that … Continue reading A Ramble about Reading
All Because of Posy, Kathleen O’Farrell
'All Because of Posy' is another of my childhood books which had migrated to the culling pile, earmarked for going to the next charity drive. (Take note for later: Gwen = Gwendoline = Lyn) My efforts to find background on the author, Kathleen O'Farrell, have not born much fruit, beyond her being a prolific writer … Continue reading All Because of Posy, Kathleen O’Farrell
The Reluctant Retiree 