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Blue sky or global disaster? Review of ‘Unsheltered’ by Barbara Kingsolver
Read it. This is a story for our times. The message of Unsheltered is like a piece of bright cloth draped over the plot horse. The bones of the horse stick out in…
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How do you know when a novel is finished?
Every time I dig in to go any deeper than proof-reading i.e. than minor corrections, then my story seems to have a life of its own. Characters say things they haven’t said before,…
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‘Encounter Between Two Worlds’ – Louise Illig-Mooncie
What do you think of reincarnation? Do we all have many lives? Louise is a German-born woman who has tried to come to terms with the horrors of the Holocaust. She believes that…
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Sun is shining – oh happy day….
Look at that blue sky! And it’s almost December. Still struggling on with this site but it’s easier than yesterday. The sunshine lifts my spirits so that hanging out the washing after a…
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Still Thursday 28th but after many hours
Getting closer to achieving something (what?!) but finding the pictures in the post difficult to manage. Paul is helping me. Here we both are in the pic above. The fishing pond near our…
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Long & uphill road
Long is the worst part (no, maybe uphill is the worst part). Have been struggling to set up this site for hours. And failing. I might give up. Hope not, but it’s possible.…
