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About me - Wynn Eisman

I grew up the youngest in a family of eight children and am still trying to be loud enough to be heard.

Writing has always made me happy but I have had little time, until recently, to pursue such a solitary hobby.

Now, I am a middle-aged wife, and have three

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Autos > Motorcycles & Scooters How to tell if riding a motorcycle is for you: 1 of 19
So you've decided to take up motorcycling? Then take this quick quiz to see whether or not this hobby really is for you!Question 1.Would it be detrimental to your job if you were to regularly turn up for work with grease embedded into your hands and nails?Answer. No - Go to question 2. Yes Think carefully. Sure, that cute lit... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking Fruits & Vegetables Tips for quick and easy summer salads: 1 of 15
At a time when appetites are typically dulled, it is the job of a summer salad to tempt us to the dinner table despite a common apathy.Regardless of the type of salad you are making, or the recipe you are using, these simple tips will help to ensure you and your loved ones survive these hot, dry months.Shop as often as you ca... More..
Pets & Animals > Dog Breeds A look at designer dog breeds: 3 of 27
Gucci-Poo? The term, designer dogs, confused me when it was first bandied about; what, exactly, do the dogs design? Or, if it's the dog that's designed, where do they stitch the label? But, no. Imagine my surprise to learn that this, in more old fashioned terms, is a popular, purpose-built cross breed.I have always chosen a c... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Life lessons: 71 of 360
The Tall ManHe was a short man. His grey hair was clipped short. He was short-sighted; glasses covered his fading blue eyes. His wiry frame was well supported by short, thick muscles. His stance was wide. His expression, one of worn acceptance, sat on a backdrop of intelligence and compassion that could never be hushed, but w... More..
Pets & Animals > Birds Bird facts: The cockatoo: 3 of 13
If you are thinking of purchasing a cockatoo as a pet, it is important to do your homework. These intelligent birds make excellent companions, but an ill-informed or lazy owner will end up with a pet that nobody could love. And with a life-span of eighty, to one hundred and twenty years, keeping a cockatoo is such a long term... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family memories: 20 of 85
Dear Miss Manners,Last week, my sisters and I scattered our Mothers ashes into the ocean. My question is this: how long is considered the polite length of time to wait before removing the "blow-back" dust from your clothes?Had we brushed it off as soon as it got on us, some of this dust wouldn't have made it into the ocean wi... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Christmas traditions and celebrations in Australia: 5 of 17
As Australia's' developed history is still very young, it being a mere 239 years since Captain Cooks landing, it is no surprise that our traditions are still developing.And no Australian worth their salt would dream of taking on a tradition as our own until we had twisted it to fit our particular lifestyle.For example, everyo... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Tips for making the perfect soup stock: 7 of 20
Making a stock at home, particularly through these colder months, can be an extraordinarily satisfying experience. The wonderful aroma as your stock simmers away on the stove-top brings imagination and anticipation to a whole new level; will it be chicken noodle soup? Will it be chicken cacciatore? Or, perhaps a nice veloute ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story: 173 of 391
I was outside, helping Mum dig a small hole in the cold, frosty ground of the Walnut tree."How fitting," I thought, "a cold ground under a forbidding tree for a cold, forbidding man." Hey, I know it's not pretty, but its how I felt.Until I saw the photos that Mum had out, ready to put into the ground with Dads ashes. Those ph... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Tips for beginning gardeners: 4 of 9
It's easy to get bogged down with information from gardening books. Thoughts of soil type, PH balances and crop rotation can be detailed to the point of intimidation. We start to wonder: can watching the grass grow really be this hard? After all, doesn't everyone do it? Don't get me wrong, these details are obviously importan... More..