Two US Reviews of I Belong to No One lead me to further thoughts on adoption…

Fellow blogger and musician, Lavinia Ross of Salmon Brook Farms in Oregon, read my memoir earlier this year and gave me some wonderful feedback. She has now gone on to post a five-star review on Amazon. A gripping memoir from Australian writer Gwen WilsonSet in Australia back in the day when women had far fewer rights and …

A Ramble about Reading

It is about 5pm on the first Sunday in March as I write, and outside my window steady rain is falling in a sheet that obscures the view. It's been raining for about two weeks now. Much of the coast of lower Queensland and New South Wales is caught in an east coast low that …

All Because of Posy, Kathleen O’Farrell

'All Because of Posy' is another of my childhood books which had migrated to the culling pile, earmarked for going to the next charity drive. (Take note for later: Gwen = Gwendoline = Lyn) My efforts to find background on the author, Kathleen O'Farrell, have not born much fruit, beyond her being a prolific writer …