: About Me

I grew up in Namibia, and to this day I prefer the brown sand dunes to the beautiful mist-filled green forests and blue mountains where I live now.

I started writing when I was about four, by cutting words from a newspaper and relying on my dad to show me the next word I needed for my story; sometimes my sisters would give me wrong words and have a ball when my stories turned out funny. I remember one about a duck that didn't want to eat, turning into a truck that didn't want to breed; I didn't even know what breed meant :-)

I studied some aspects of art: painting, sculpting, weaving, pottery, singing, acting, and went on to write poetry, songs, plays which I produced and later on short stories and novels, one of which is soon to be made into a film.

The best works of art we are blessed to sort of 'own', were achieved in conjunction with my husband: the six great individuals who were born to be our children, two sons in law, and five lovely grand-children who already joined our extended family. There are also 4 dogs, and soon a Burmese kitten named Picatso

My passion is ...

words and especially songs/poetry

I know too much about ...

very little, though life taught me more than I thought I could learn

My parents always told me ...

to stop reading and do my home work

My childhood ambition ...

was to be the conductor of an orchestra

My favorite memory ...

is always of myself standing on the rocks at the beach, singing to my audience: the waves

Why I write ...

because I cannot 'not' write

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

during this month is a wonderfully written biographical book "When a crocodile eats the sun" by Peter Godwin, I have seen the film Venus and loved it, and I've just acquired a double cd by a favorite opera singer; Brynn Terfel.

My first job ...

was working in my parents small town shop

My best moment ...

would be at the sea

My inspiration ...

good classical music

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Love

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What I want What I want is a whole lot of you amongst mountains and rivers and sky so blue; maybe a meal of bread and wine - but what I want most is to make you mine. So come to me, baby, drink to my eyes, let's talk a long time without goodbyes; let magic sing through heart and veins bring love to the land where sorrow reigns. What I want is a life with you: a fountain and roses and paths with rue. Maybe I am an old fashioned bore, but what I want most is to end this war. So come to me baby, drink to my eyes, let's dream a long time without goodbyes. Let magic sing through heart and veins...

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