At yesterday's monthly meeting of my writers' group I offered a few hundred words from the manuscript I am still slaving over. I had my heroine walking up the gangplank of a sailing ship in 1885. The problem with using that word is it conjures up pirates in the reader's imagination. Did I have it … Continue reading His gilder-fluke broke on the flunker-flopper
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Christmas Greetings 2023
December 25th, 2023 is drawing to a close here in Australia - a most unusual Christmas Day for Bill and me. Just the two of us, a prawn and salad lunch over a glass of bubbly, and a slice of panettone with coffee later in the afternoon. Dinner was intended to be a barbecue, but … Continue reading Christmas Greetings 2023
The Reluctant Retiree 