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About me

Rebellious Australian with attitude!

I still have eight units to do to complete a double degree in Fine Arts and visual Culture via Curtin University which is why I have been so absent here lately, so much study, so little time! Once I have the BA in hand I will return to writing and rating, I promise!

I never do anything I don't want to, go anywhere I don't want to go or take orders! Fully initiated into the 'grumpy old lady society' and happy to maintain status!

Have written for over thirty years, mostly poetry but articles, short stories and novels also. I wasn't happy with the novels so no-one gets to read them!

I don't give a damn about money but believe writers should get paid for the work they do and am happy to see a site that believes the same!

I hate rating as I rate with care and to do so takes much time - if you don't rate like this I hope you don't go near my articles!

When not writing I like to paint, selling some along the way. Nice feeling when someone likes something I have created enough to fork out dollars!

Creativity is so often a blend of the various arts, sometimes leaning towards one, then the other.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

philosophy

I know too much about ...

everything

My parents always told me ...

to be quiet! lol

My childhood ambition ...

scientist

My favorite memory ...

flying

Why I write ...

'cause I can - I think I can I think I can....

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

poetry - A L Webber - Two and a Half Men

My first job ...

age 12 waitress paid $30 for Friday night, Sat. & Sun.!

My best moment ...

Coming away loaded with trophies at a karate tournament

My inspiration ...

the meaning of life (and my children and grandchildren)

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Cleaning: 2 of 5

It was going to be a difficult challenge to clean for old Mr. Greaves, a local anthropologist. On first entering he had guided me to the study where apparently he spent the majority of his day. Following quietly I observed the artworks dotting the hallway walls. At a cursory glance the large collection appeared ordered and satisfactorily clean; perhaps it was the dim hall light that caused this deception. The polished floor was in obvious need of a broom with dust bunnies littering the corners but the sheen was fine aside from the narrow strip where foot traffic was defined. By the time I ...
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