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Moments that change us
Something happened last week, which made me refer back to the diary I kept when Dan and I were living in Denmark, WA. It was the end of February, 2011. Dan’s mum was staying. I wrote that I was going … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir
Tagged Falmouth, Father, Gabriela Blandy, History, how to write, Humphry Davy, Memoir, Penzance, Sailing, Writing, writing advice
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Between two people
There are five or six girls, sitting on a bench in Christchurch meadow with notebooks on their laps. On the lawns behind are larger groups of students, in the city for the summer. Backpacks lie flung on the grass. I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Memoir
Tagged Australia, Autobiography, Fiction, Gabriela Blandy, Holiday Romance, how to write, Love, Memoir, Process, Students, writing advice
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Gabriela Blandy - The sense of a journey 