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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix: October 2016

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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix . sometimes you just feel like having a say. Monday, October 3, 2016. Writing is a compulsion for me, but where does that force within come from, I wonder. I’ve never tried to explain it before, but perhaps it stems from reading. Librarians and teachers of literacy often express a desire for youngsters to “discover the joys of reading”. I’m guessing that joy of reading is behind my urge to write. An adventure into another world. The Swiss mountains were a long. Writers come fairly ...

Jan Merry Eclectic Mix: Writing as compulsion

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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix . sometimes you just feel like having a say. Monday, October 3, 2016. Writing is a compulsion for me, but where does that force within come from, I wonder. I’ve never tried to explain it before, but perhaps it stems from reading. Librarians and teachers of literacy often express a desire for youngsters to “discover the joys of reading”. I’m guessing that joy of reading is behind my urge to write. An adventure into another world. The Swiss mountains were a long. Writers come fairly ...

Jan Merry Eclectic Mix: Icelandic World of Ice and Fire

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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix . sometimes you just feel like having a say. Thursday, October 3, 2013. Icelandic World of Ice and Fire. Witness the tectonic plates being slowly torn apart. Reykjavik serves as a perfect base from where to start your exploration of a land that lies on the tectonic plate, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. You can actually see where the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate are slowly separating at 2.5cm a year. How cool is that! Summer wildflowers brief appearance. Did you know l aw.

Jan Merry Eclectic Mix: May 2014

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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix . sometimes you just feel like having a say. Thursday, May 1, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Australian stories on Amazon US$9.99 p&p. Place of Many Birds selection of stories set in rural Australia. Read the most recent five star review. New short stories available on Amazon. Jan Merry's books on Goodreads. Place of Many Birds. Ratings: 35 (avg rating 4.57). Teddy Cool Cleans Up. Ratings: 2 (avg rating 5.00). Subscribe to Eclectic Mix. See my blog about reading and writing.

Jan Merry Eclectic Mix: May Gibbs imagery creates a Stella Spark

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Jan Merry Eclectic Mix . sometimes you just feel like having a say. Saturday, January 30, 2016. May Gibbs imagery creates a Stella Spark. When writing a short story about a family in Australia during the Great Depression, I recently found myself referencing, almost subconsciously, books I’d read in early childhood. Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. And May Gibbs, author of Snugglepot and. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Australian stories on Amazon US$9.99 p&p. Read the most recent ...