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  • Old Nuns

    Old Nuns

    I just met a woman who works with old nuns. She is a medical officer and serves a group of aging women who live in a closed order. This means the convent they live in (think ‘Sister Act’) is not taking on any new novices. It will cease to exist when the old nuns die.

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  • No, because the human spirit is not ‘natural’.

    The ‘natural’ world follows rules, described by physics and chemistry. Biology follows these rules; apple seeds grow apple trees. The human spirit is not ‘natural’, but it resides inside a ‘natural’ body. The spirit is designed to be free and to act on the natural world. (This is what creativity is all about, and a

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  • The Wilderness

    It’s funny. You’d think being in the wilderness, unemployed, with no idea what is happening next is the most horrible place to be. But there’s something peaceful about it, and when my time in the wilderness was over, it was with reluctance that I said goodbye.

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  • Breaking Free – Novel Concept.

    Breaking Free – Novel Concept.

    Short synopsis and possible opener to “Escaping Well,” a companion novel to “Holding On.”

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  • Holding On News.

    Holding On News.

    If you check out my short bio, you will see that my first novel, Holding On, is on track to be published by Elephant Page, (based in Perth, Western Australia) later this year. Tonight I am sending off the latest version of the manuscript. I was responding to some great advice on small structural edits,

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  • 2x Really Fun Card Games for Maths Skills

    2x Really Fun Card Games for Maths Skills

    These games are great. My clients are burrowing away on their mental arithmetic skills and they don’t even know it. They are just trying to win! My job involves play-based learning for numeracy skills. I invented a couple of card games which have proven themselves to be great for developing mental arithmetic skills. Elevens is

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