: About Me

I am 46 years old and I am a teacher. I live in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England and I have a particular interest in the two great European civil wars.
I have widely differing opinions on many topics in my areas of interest and will look forward to sharing them with the community in the coming months.
I love writing and can wax lyrical for many an idle hour on subjects that grab my attention

My passion is ...

history and learning

I know too much about ...

its not possible to know too much

My parents always told me ...

many things to guide my life

My childhood ambition ...

to teach

My favorite memory ...

gaining my PhD scholarship against stiff competition

Why I write ...

to express myself

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

reading Terry Pratchett, watching, paint dry, listing to, my heart

My first job ...

shop assistant

My best moment ...

being at the birth of our first child

My inspiration ...

my mother, she taught me to read

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: World War I

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Out of the darkness he stubled, careworn, hacking in effort but his prize he clasped in his hands. It was a lifetime away but the memmories burned still in his mind. Memories to share, others to keep, a wealth of life stories each etched in experience. The bright coulors of the night, the red of terror the blue of sleep the black of eyes the green of gas. Memories relecting the past but not in absolute but instead in the fractured glimpses as the shards of time exploded from the broken mirrow of his life. For 95 years he had carried the world like an erstwhile Atlas unable to rest. He want...

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