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I love words. They fascinate and enthrall me. I love the way a particular word can invoke such emotion and the skill in finding just such a word thrills me.
I'm an English teacher working in relief positions in my local area. My 3 children are now independent which leaves me with time on my hands so I write...

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

my daughter's sex life

My parents always told me ...

you are special

My childhood ambition ...

to be an author

My favorite memory ...

family holidays

Why I write ...

I love words

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

playing scrabulous, listening to talk back radio, reading Beyond Mombasa

My first job ...

dental assistant

My best moment ...

graduating university

My inspiration ...

others who can do anything

Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Is loud music an environmental toxin?

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Firstly I believe we should qualify the terms, 'loud music', 'environment' and 'toxin'. The wording of this hypothesis is highly inflammatory, so defusing the intensity of the language is important to conducting an objective debate. I am supposing that 'loud music' means intolerably loud music; and 'environment' would need to be narrowed down to the immediate surrounding environment where we go about our daily lives; and 'toxic' by definition means 'poison' (Collins dictionary) and 'poison' by definition means 'to have a harmful or evil effect on'. Now we have narrowed down the parameters ...

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