About Me
Who'd have thought it!
How old is too old to begin a career in writing? I always thought I might have a book in me but life just got in the way. It wasn’t until I was 71 that a chance course in digital storytelling led to my first published piece. Now, six years on, here I am building a website. Quite a learning curve. But wow, what an adventure!
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Its purpose is threefold. Firstly, it will serve as a showcase for my writing, poetry, short stories and articles, as well as my artwork. Secondly, there will be a blog with the opportunity for conversation with like-minded people. Lastly, there will be an online shop for my products. Watch this space.
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I’d love you to join me on this new journey. Let’s venture into cyberspace together. Where will it take us?
One of my favourite
This is the Japanese Garden, part of the formal gardens that made up part of the now closed Nature's World. About a third of the original site is maintained by the Friends of Nature World in the hope that one day it may be re-opened to the public.
The rest of the site is occupied by a school and an environmental organisation.
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Do you think that you know me
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Do you think if you know
The job that I do,
You’ll have the true measure of me
Well………..
There’s the job in the fish shop
That put me off chips,
And the one in the office
That bored me to bits,
I’ve cooked and I’ve cleaned,
Taught History in schools,
Sold teddies at market,
Made wonderful stools.
But is that all there is
to a person,
The sum of the jobs that we’ve done.
I’m a gardener, a crafter, and poet,
A mother, a sister, a gran,
Watch Boro get stuffed on a match day,
Oh yes, I’m a Bob Dylan fan,
I chortle at Eric and Ernie,
Get angry at Rishi AND Keir,
Feel holy at church Zoom on Sunday
But holier than thou makes me sneer.
So please don’t assume
That you know me,
From the job on my income tax form,
I’m more than a flat plastic label,
That’s only a part of the whole,
I’ve a history, and interests, and passions,
I don’t fit a neat pigeon-hole,
You can’t judge a book by its cover,
Plumb the depths, take your time and explore,
A job’s just a way to stay solvent,
The essence is found at the core.
Sandra Falconer 2021
