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Hi! Thanks for coming to learn a little about me! I am a 42 year old writer who has recently completed travelling around my beloved country, Australia.

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Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Going crazy: 3 of 70
In My Head In My Bed Laying in my hospital bed. Thoughts of you running through my head Wondering why you dont sit and talk Just stand and stare and then you walk I'm in my bed and In my head Can barely move an arm or leg Wishin you were loving me Knowing that it will never be You weren't man enough to admit You made a mista... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The mountains: 6 of 99
Mountain Love The great swaying gums at sunrise Dawn breaking as curlews call Towering cliffs, hidden caves Soft summer rain like dewfall Banksia men marching down the hill Multicoloured parrots swirling high Golden wattles glowing in the sun Soft gentle clouds dancing in the sky Wallabies and wombats passing time Eagles gra... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: On love: 86 of 1267
Talking on the Train Seated right in front of me They're talking on the train, Their fifty years together Showing clear and plain. A gentle conversation Flowing back and forth. An easy way of being On a train headed North. And I am wondering How on earth they do it Half a century passed Like there's nothing to it. I wonder a... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: To my daughter: 8 of 98
Advice from Mum Always play fair, even if others don't, Playing fair makes you stronger. You are never too old to kiss your mum Or hold hands when you cross the street. A nap in the afternoon lets you recharge Your batteries and is good for the soul. Give yourself time out from others whenever you need it. An ounce of gut in... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Wedding Budget Best ways to get married on a budget: 7 of 75
Inexpensive Weddings that Don't Scream Cheap. Planning a wedding starts, like all other events, with a date. Once you and your beloved have set a date you can then plan all of the details. You and your partner need to sit down and really work out what kind of a wedding you would like to have and what details are important to... More..
Education > Learning Styles & Skills How to develop public speaking skills and confidence in young students: 2 of 20
Developing Oration Skills and Confidence in Grade School Children The art of good oration begins with good text. Martin Luther King Jr, Winston Churchill and other great orators are remembered for what they said not whether they stood correctly or smiled enough. Plain and simple great oration begins with great text. To help ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 79 of 784
Love is ... a natural experience for human beings it flows from the core of our existence Love is... a journey through time seeking home it takes us along and leads the way Love is.. a safe harbour for times of trouble it protects us from the buffeting winds of pain Love is... a blossoming spring day with a cool breeze it gi... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Remembering love: 15 of 123
Without You I remember when you were born. Strong and squalling writhing in my arms you smiled the day you were born and I wondered what I was allowed to do as we lay, you in your bassinette and me in my hospital bed. I remember when you were one. Your round face and big brown eyes decorated with long, long lashes that flick... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Darkness: 30 of 227
Dim The Lights Dim the lights, they hurt my eyes, disturb my thoughts and echo my cries. Give me shadow where they were once. Let me sit here with no response. Darkness does not frighten me it calms my mind and lets me see the light of hope that softly glows on far horizons that shadow knows. Take the phone from its cradle, ... More..
Health & Fitness > Surgery Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Critical decisions that must be made in the first hours after an injury: 1 of 7
A personal experience In the early hours after a traumatic brain injury the parents, guardians, or partners of a patient may be asked to make heart rending decisions. I am one of those parents who had to make these decisions for my child as she drifted ever closer to the brink of death. My daughter and I had been struck by a... More..