tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post2003296596391597220..comments2023-11-01T02:06:39.543+11:00Comments on Ella's child - family stories and other: Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-45580346100065188482012-04-06T13:30:13.060+10:302012-04-06T13:30:13.060+10:30Foxy - thank you - have been a bit slack but also ...Foxy - thank you - have been a bit slack but also am aware of sneaky rellos pulling my every word apart in their orgy of vicarious living - they make me sick because they have stopped so much that i wanted to writeMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-82109116438139882622012-04-06T13:29:03.104+10:302012-04-06T13:29:03.104+10:30Thanks Shrinky - I have so much written but its al...Thanks Shrinky - I have so much written but its all over the place - one day will put it together and self publish (when I win the lottery!!)Have just joined a creative writing group down in my new home - I need the discipline -haven't written much at all since Don was killed apart from the book. It will come back one day I guessMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-12605876460849720342012-04-06T13:27:02.084+10:302012-04-06T13:27:02.084+10:30Andrew thats about it - I read a book written by R...Andrew thats about it - I read a book written by Rev Ted Noffs (do you remember from the Wayside CHapel in Kings cross)he was outside religion and organised philosophy and wrote that Australia had its own spirituality ...found this quote of his "“Every one of us must be alert and alive to the fact that no one knows when their life is to be touched by whatever force it is that operates in the universe. I believe it is there all the time and takes hold of a man’s mind or a woman’s mind, their heart and spirit, and transforms them into something they never dreamt they were capable of being. That’s the story of history. Nobody can be pessimistic. Nobody can say it is the end. Nobody can say the world is doomed. Nobody can say this man or this woman is a write off.”<br /><br />he influenced don and I markedly in the 1980'sMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-74464536986840871542012-04-05T11:05:25.869+10:302012-04-05T11:05:25.869+10:30I agree with Shrinky, you write beautifully. A lo...I agree with Shrinky, you write beautifully. A lot of the stuff of yours that I have read has stayed with me, the sure sign of a great writer, especially the story of Don and the burning off.FoxyMoronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540367675466917677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-39882744164013994082012-04-05T02:44:14.202+10:302012-04-05T02:44:14.202+10:30That's a powerful and well written piece, dear...That's a powerful and well written piece, dear Therese, and I thoroughly enjoyed the read - you should do more like this, I am sure you could publish it to a much wider audience (and get paid for the trouble)!Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-11947468501643012032012-04-04T22:47:49.538+10:302012-04-04T22:47:49.538+10:30Nice work. I particularly picked up on that we hav...Nice work. I particularly picked up on that we have no allegiance to another country. We acknowledge where our personal history was, but we know nothing else but being Australian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com