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And Then Like My Dreams

Originally posted on Saving My Life: Breaking The Yo-Yo:
One amazing thing which has come from this little (now extended) break has been an opportunity to read my fellow blogger M-R’s (http://margaretrosestringer.com)book And Then Like My Dreams (http://www.amazon.co.uk/And-Then-Like...) I’m still feeling the pull in my chest from sobbing but I wanted to write a review…

Trick Questions

A Pulitzer-winning reporter is writing an in-depth piece– about you. What are the three questions youreallyhope she doesn’t ask you? http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_pro... ******************** She uncrossed her legs and crossed them the other way, then checked her little digital recorder to make surethe batteries were sitting properly and all in the right head-to-tail conformation. Surprise ! – […]

And Then Like My Dreams – A Genuine Love Story

Originally posted on Travel Tales of Life:
Funny. Raw. Heart warming. Heart wrenching. A love story. Margaret Rose Stringer’s memoir And Then Like My Dreams draws one in as though sitting next to the author in her Australian flat. Margaret Rose (M-R is fine but please don’t call her Margaret) found her way to my…

Been doing some housekeeping

– and I apologise if it has thrown anyone out. I decided that if (as I’ve been claiming for a long time) this blog is about giving oxygen to my book, then said book should be the first thing that anyone new to the blogshould see. And the way to ensure that is to make […]

What If Our Dead Kids *DO* Trump Your Gun Rights?

Originally posted on The End (so far):
In the farce that was the 2008 campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin, one of the main fools was played by Joe the Plumber. Well, his name wasn’t Joe. And he wasn’t a plumber. But that wasthe stage name ofSamuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio. He was the hood…

Wish they’d let me post …

I really like this article because not only does it tell you what you need to know about the leader of TROWC, but it says it in language I can relate to. To which I can relate. Whatever. My only problem with this site is that I find it a bit .. busy, you know […]

A colourful environment

You’ll find it pretty good-looking. (Btw – what is ‘downtown’?) Our elders are constantly thinking of bread and circuses, here in Sydney; I often think we have more circuses than bread, though … The State Government is of the same … ahh … persuasion as is (ugh !) TROWC; and is currently being rocked and […]

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Daily Prompt: A name for yourself

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_pro... Some writers’ nameshave becomes adjectives: Kafkaesque, marxist, Orwellian, sadistic. If your name (or nickname, or blog name) were to become an adjective, what would it mean? My blogging friends would’ve said to themselves “I know who’s going to post to THIS one !” and rolled their eyes.:-) ******************** Whenthe word “M-Rish” becomes part of […]

Some sums (pension-related)

Here’s how the final washup will look for me and the thousands like me – age pensioner, no other income, no assets, living in assisted housing that takes 25% of most of my pension every fortnight. Age Pension $766.00 Clean Energy Supplement $13.90 Pensions Supplement $62.90 Rent Assistance $58.20 TOTAL:$901.00 Figures following are based on […]