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Happy Christmas and New Year
December 24, 2019

I wish all my friends and family a very Happy Christmas and may 2020 be kind to you all. I hope you all enjoy peace and happiness in the year ahead.   It is already hot in Australia and the […]

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And The Winner Is…
August 14, 2018

Helen Luxton has won a copy of Something Missing and Pickle to Pie. Her name was drawn after my workshop last week on Life/Memoir Writing at the Hastings Library. Over twenty writers attended, all with fascinating projects. On a table, […]

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Welcome to My Blog
April 1, 2017

Congratulations. You found your way here. It will seem strange for a while but I’ll soon get used to blogging at this new wordpress website. I hope some of my Memoir Writing Group subscribe. They are a wonderful group of […]

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Radio Interview with Neil Wanstall
November 25, 2016

I’m so excited. Something Missing is on Amazon Kindle and my new website  glenicewhitting.com has been successfully made live today. How wonderful to see a book you have published available on the internet, but how do you market and promote your […]

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Perseverance, Positivity, Practice and Patience
April 5, 2016

Post robbery, (19th February) the replacement car has still not arrived. It was promised on the 30th March. This week it was going to be on Monday or Tuesday. The recent update is for today. I wait with baited breath […]

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Christmas: remembering fascinating family characters
December 14, 2015

Christmas is a time to remember the past and to dream for the future. Tinsel is hung, solar lights flicker and laser lights dance on the water. Christmas has come to the Tidal Canals and we are celebrating another year […]

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Part Two: To mesh or not to mesh
November 30, 2015

Many women suffer in silence when they have a vaginal prolapse . However, if they decide to do something about it there are many decisions that need to be made. It felt right for me to have my prolapse fixed now […]

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Sails on the Bay and the Grill and Grape.
October 26, 2015

Two wonderful occasions, two excellent meals. Treasured memories of Alan’s birthday celebrations. This birthday had not started out well. Alan had gastro, then the flu followed by a nasty cold. Paul and Marian had arranged for a special meal out […]

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Ben, Hoda and their Kabt Ill Katab
September 29, 2015

How wonderful is a wedding in any language. Hoda and Ben recently realized they had found their soul mate. Last Friday, surrounded by family and friends  they joined hands and declared their love in a magical wedding ceremony against a backdrop of […]

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Ode to Age
August 9, 2015

A mother and son’s view of old age.   Some people/sons think this way The numbers are increasing, The demographic kind, Of ageing baby boom cohorts In biological decline. They swamp the health care system Become seniors by the score. I […]

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Gloria MacKay: Throwing Sticks and Skipping Stones
August 4, 2015

Gloria MacKay, (born in the USA) This is one of those books that entices you to leave dishes in the sink and the floor unswept until you finish the last story. At least that was what I wanted to do, but […]

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What stopped this writer from writing?
June 8, 2015

Life in all its complexities. The funeral of a friend, the blue screen of death on my beloved computer and the overwhelming urge to clean up years of clutter. All things that everyone experiences at some time or another. However, […]

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