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The time is February in 1999, in Melbourne, Australia. Angela – the narrator, has just turned 40. She works at the State Library part time and moonlights doing research for Dr B (through Natalie). She is also a collage artist. … Continue reading →

Over the years of developing Maddie’s character and role in the novel, I have at times been concerned that she was unrealistic (even for a novel that isn’t aiming for strict realism). But then I realised that she doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Tabbed browsing has been available in Mozilla Firefox for a long time, but it’s also available now in Internet Explorer.. To open a link as a tab: simply right-click on a link, and then select ‘open in new tab’. This … Continue reading →

You can read the chapters by going to the following blog entries: Chapter 4: Art of Peace pt 1 Chapter 5: Art of Peace pt 2 and Notes and sources. Or you can download and print them as a pdf … Continue reading →

This blog is dedicated with love and appreciation to Deborah George (previously Dimitra Kokontis) who was born on the 3rd May 1960 and passed peacefully after an eleven week illness on the 23rd October 2006. Deborah was beautiful, gentle, courageous … Continue reading →

*’Namaste’ is both a greeting and a gesture — the right and left palms joined together, held at heart’s centre, with the fingers pointing towards or touching the head. It can be translated loosely as ‘I bow to the spiritthat … Continue reading →