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I'm a mother of four, grand mother to two, and live in beautiful, tropical Cairns, Queensland, Australia. I adore sunshine, colour and the spectacular variety that occurs when rainforest meets ocean.

A Social Worker by career, I have devoted my professional,

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Me, myself & men: 2 of 35

"She threw her head back and laughed like a hyena. The hairs on her hunched back were raised and her talon sharp nails glowed on the ends of her bony, arched, fingers as she dipped his manhood into impermeable acid." Annoyed that it wasn't me who had thought of such a marvelous piece of foreplay with my men, I rushed her to ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Saturday night: 2 of 21

One unsuspecting, child focused, Saturday night was all that was required to finish what the laws of the land could not: him. Just that one night, and it would be all over. She hated that she worked in the same building as him. Having to even walk the ground he may have trod turned her stomach. At first, she had been reduced...
Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature Are children books providing them with enough advice?: 1 of 5

Are books providing children with enough advice? This complex question requires active adult involvement to be able to answer yes, books are providing children with enough advice'. The process of providing advice through books is called bibliotherapy. While self-help books, with structured steps for life improvement, are a f...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Fun & funk: 5 of 15

"The tall skinny man with the bright patched trousers hiding knobby hairy knees swung his spindly arms and whistled his signature as he tipped his luminous green top hat to everything he passed. Fence posts, frogs, babies in prams, and dawdling granddads all received the same top hat whistling greeting. On at least one occas...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Preparations for first book-signing experience: 2 of 6

The following tips are worthy of thought during preparation for your first book signing: Know your market: Who will come to your book signing? What is the best time of day for them? What type of background and surrounds will assist them to buy a book for you to sign? I held a book signing of my children's book without thinki...
Relationships & Family > Tips for Marital Happiness Marriage and debts: 1 of 3

Personal debt is all too common. When two personal debts meet, fall in love and marry, they share their companionship, their dreams, their space and often their individual debts incurred before entering the marriage. Amalgamation of multiple and individual debts into one is the chosen method of debt reduction for many couple...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Jake: 10 of 20

Jake and I made a conscious choice to play only educational games with our son and daughter. It was easy because play is children's work and every game is educational. We often make up our own games, directed by Julia and Stanley's needs at the time. Jake is an Occupational Therapist, on extended sick leave. Despite his illn...
Business > Business Strategy Business plan: Staying true to your vision: 2 of 4

A business plan is the real estate version of an Open House. Staying true to your vision of selling your idea (the real estate), maintaining the core business (the household workings) and repairing flaws as they occur (house maintenance) takes a concentrated effort on the part of the business entrepreneur. Preparing a house ...
Law & Justice > Business Law Finding a company to buy your business ideas: 1 of 1

Finding a company to buy your business ideas is in itself a business idea turned to gold. There are several Idea Trade and Link communities across the globe, each welcoming ideas from entrepreneurs, business minded people or the Mum at home who had had an ingenious proposal about how to fold cloth nappies quicker than the us...
Computers & Technology > Consumer Electronics (Other) Buying electronic toys for kids with the help of teen technology mentors: 1 of 1

Technologically impaired and a real dummy about what to purchase my electronic age son, I have problem solved and accidentally discovered a techno-sitter dream answer to many parent's dilemma of how to buy the correct technology for a gift. A Baby Boomer cusper by no fault of my own, I struggle to buy my Generation Next chil...