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Yeah, well…After having 40 ducks in the pond the last time, eating us out of house ‘n’ home, I swore…’never again’. But guess what!? Yeah… 3 Barbary ducks, 1 male and 2 females have been installed! Keeps SWMBO happy, and I have told her…she’s funding food, etc. We got them as tiny chicks, but they […]

Once again, I am laid up with a viral infection. My left leg developed a lot of ulcers and swelled up. I also lost a lot of power to walk, and energy in general. It’s a bit like the first time, but not as severe. Even so, it’s the best part of 3-weeks, now and

Yes…well.. in all the excitement to get ‘The Help’ finished, I focused on that and neglected this. My fault, but…here I am ready to catch up with a few things!

After what seemed like an eternity of research I have at last put pen to paper, metaphorically, and started on my 3rd manuscript – The Botanist’s Wife. This title leapfrogged my previous selection to come after ‘The Help’ as the idea for it was so strong and I wrote several pages of outline notes –

In the last newsletter, in March, I told how I got into watching the UK version of The Apprentice’, with Sir Alan Sugar leading the charge against a group of absolute numpt… the finest candidates for his business partnership offer. I said at the end of the newsletter that I thought Mia Collins would win

It was brilliant being in the UK over Christmas and birthdays. I enjoyed great family company, and also got to meet up with some friends. Now though, I am back in the study, with a new computer, and raring to get going with ‘The Botanist’s Wife’ As with ‘The Help’, there is a tonne of