: About Me

Writing just won't leave me alone. I've always played with words, working out how I would describe a color, a situation, a person, some clouds; how I could display an emotion. The words keep sorting themselves out in my head. There are so may issues which I want to say something about and writing them down helps me to find out what I really think.  I've had short stories published as well as articles.

I qualified and worked as a Biology teacher then later retrained as a counsellor / therapist. I worked for a charity helping drug addicts and alcoholics and had a private practice. I also worked for Cruise, a bereavement charity, becoming the local area chairperson.  I qualified in supervision for counsellors. I have a BSc and was an accredited counsellor / therapist.

I have lived in a number of different countries around the Atlantic Ocean and this has helped me to understand how people solve the same problems of living with the resources they have available.  It's also left me with a strong preference for the sunnier climates.

Now I live in the south of France.  As a result I am learning French. This has opened up a whole new dimension of language, politics, culture, history, geology and plants. For someone very curious this is marvellous.

Being in France one cannot ignore the subject of food. All this gives me lots to write about and enjoy.

My passion is ...

enjoying life and writing about issues which are important.

I know too much about ...

not enough, I am an insatiably curious person. I always want to know more.

My parents always told me ...

be honest.

My childhood ambition ...

to be an architect

My favorite memory ...

the birth of my children

Why I write ...

it's fun and you can create whole new worlds in fiction and express your ideas about issues which are important

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

Novels, history, watching French TV to help the French (mine not theirs)

My first job ...

secretary

My best moment ...

There have been lots.

My inspiration ...

Life, people, events, locations experiences

Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Personal morals and values: Patriotism

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The Readers’ Digest dictionary defines a patriot as someone who ‘loves, supports and defends his country’. It comes from the old French ‘compatriot’ and from the Greek, ‘patriotes’, from ‘patris’ fatherland. These are positive attributes which sound connected to family and unalarming. However patriotism has collected some negative connotations to the meaning. For these reasons it can be an awkward word to use about one’s country, the self or another. How any individual feels about patriotism depends where they are s...

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