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About me

Hi - I am Les Scammell, a 50 plus (just) father of four girls all under five. We live in the SE corner of Queensland (Australia).

I enjoy writing. I generally write through my blogs at myradicalblogs.com - just4families.com and coolayla.com
Pay them a visit if you get a chance.

I write on a multitude of genres having spent over 20 years in adult education, mainly in the fields of management, small business management, marketing, IT and personal development.

I have written training materials and training resources for most of my adult life. Although I still enjoy writing training materials it is now time to write for fun.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

computing in general

I know too much about ...

not suceeding

My parents always told me ...

not to expect to much from life

My childhood ambition ...

to be a politician

My favorite memory ...

feeding rock wallabies in Alice Springs

Why I write ...

to keep my brain active

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

current affairs

My first job ...

teaching

My best moment ...

as goalie for the regions hockey team and keeping out so many attempts at goal

My inspiration ...

my kids

Featured article by Les Scammell

Health & Fitness > Depression Depression and the baby blues: 1 of 30
Having endured a long labor and perhaps a difficult delivery, maybe even a c-section you will feel totally exhausted. You will most likely feel an uncontrollable urge to close your eyes and sleep. If you're lucky, you may get a few hours sleep and perhaps even start to feel a little 'normal' again. Some mother's experience a feeling of euphoria, particularly new mothers, however, as many as 80% of new mothers experience a case of the baby blues. In some cases this can last for several weeks.Baby blues is not something that a new mother can control. The first thing to remember is that no one...
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