Perth Words… exploring possibilities.

Guaranteed to take me straight back to my teenage years in the 60’s.

Hubby is standing next to me as I do this and tells me he sold tickets for their gigs in Zambia in the early 70’s.

#SongsOfMy60s #Jesamine1968 #TeenageMemories

When the moon is just right, thousands of coral reefs spawn, turning the sea into a snowstorm of new beginnings, drifting on the tides to start new reefs.

Perth is where I live and one day, I’d love to swim with whale sharks. Until that day, I can dream…

 Coral Bay
  
 Snorkelling with rainbows
 just past the breaking surf, 
 I see the red rocky shores
 of the North West Cape.
  
 Shimmering white sands where
 Coastal Daisies, starflowers
 and Sturt Peas grope to grip
 harsh hot terrain in fighting wind.
  
 At Easter, a hundred yards off  
 the bay, coral triggers upside down 
 snowstorms to invite gentle giants 
 from the depths of Tantabiddi to feed 
  
 whilst in my imagination, I squeeze 
 the fish colours through my fingers
 to paint pictures and feel myself
 swimming with whale sharks.
  
 Frances Macaulay Forde © 2008
   
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#POEM:CoralBay  #Tantabiddi  #SwimmingWithWhaleSharks  #WesternAustralia  #Poetry  #FrancesMacaulayForde 

I was working at the Post House Hotel in Heathrow but remember watching the ceremony on TV on Remembrance Day in 1973.

The Queen in Black

Remembrance Day 1973

How many thousands watched her lay

the wreath of poppies while they prayed…

Or held their breath and stood still in silence

two minutes for the sacrifice, in remembrance.

As each petal falls from above so a page in the book

of memories ~ thoughts of someone they loved and lost.

They say each petal represents the life of one who gave.

Poppies seen growing amongst a countryside of graves…

Frances Macaulay Forde © 1973

#LestWeForget #Remembrance #POEM:QueenInBlack #FrancesMacaulayForde

Australian Romance Readers Association

Romantic women’s fiction

By Guest blogger: Rachael Johns

Today I want to get something off my chest!! Over the past few years I’ve seen a lot of authors calling their romance novels women’s fiction or vice versa and I think this is a disservice to both genres and the readers who favour one of the other. READ ORIGINAL BLOG ENTRY

#AustRomanceReaders #GUEST:RachaelJohns #RomanceWriting #WomensFiction

In case you missed it, there’s a new Paul McCartney studio album on the way! McCartney III will be the third album in a trilogy of self-titled solo records, following McCartney in 1970 and McCartney II in 1980, and is written, produced and performed by Paul.  READ FULL ARTICLE

McCartney III Paul Said… You Gave Me The Answer

Why should anyone still care why should anyone raise an eyelid the news is old Perhaps, eight years ago you may have gotten some reaction to justify the price of ink Still you persist in writing them letters to old lovers letters they may lazily reply to letters they may not reply to the news […]

Letters To Old Lovers — The Lighthouse

As a child of the 1950s living in a village that nowadays thinks itself a small town, the local corner shops (and there were plenty) were the kings of convenience and well patronised as a result. Much of their trade was done on weekly credit, the bill being settled up on Friday afternoons or Saturday […]

At your Convenience — Graham Sherwood’s

Kevin Costner paid tribute to Sean Connery, his co-star in “The Untouchables,” calling him “a man’s man who had an amazing career.” Connery died on Friday in his sleep. He was 90 years old. The actor won an Oscar for his role in “The Untouchables” as beat cop Jim Malone, a mentor to Costner’s character…

Kevin Costner Honors Sean Connery: ‘He Was the Biggest Star’ — Variety

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