Paper Ponderings

“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.”  Thomas Merton Thomas Merton died in 1968 (55 years a...

We had a great day in the city when we wandered with our friend Karen ( she of the magnificent Library at Green Square ) to White Rabbit Gal...

 And didn't I get some odd auto-corrects with that title! But it definitely sums it up. I have been working hard on my second book for t...

“You learn for yourself not for others, not to show off, not to put the other one down/ learning is your secret, it is all you have, it is t...

 I mentioned this wee book recently and its role in my book exchange with Annwyn Dean (annwyndean.co.uk) and now it's time to tell its ...

 When I returned from Sydney I was greeted by a parcel from the UK in which I discovered Annwyn's first book of our exchange. The first ...

"Think before you speak. Read before you think".  Fran Lebowitz I oftentimes think of the first part of this quote - but I really ...

 During our visit to Sydney, we were staying at Coogee - a beachside suburb.  We were fortunate to walk every day, sometimes hot and sunny; ...