Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Not your typical femme

On feeling defiant. (Published IOTBA) Sorry I don't live up to your stereotype Of what a woman should be I've got stretch marks and baker's arms Crooked teeth, a big nose Sorry old chum... that's just me. I'm not into high heels - I like all my bones Tight jeans just ride up my crutch You can stick your Brazilian But I do pluck my brows 'Cos looking like Oscar just sucks. I fire up quite quick, I can get rather loud There's nothing quite like a debate But I don't take too kindly To being told what to do And don't ever call me your "mate". I like my house tidy, I don't like a mess But if I make one at least it is mine I'm nobody's maid I have my own job And I say what I do with my time. I go to the gym, I dance, I sing loud I'm annoying, I'm pithy, never twee And if that gets your back up Don't make it my fault Like it or lump it... that's me. So if you're looking for your typi...
Read more

Book review: Pitcairn - Paradise Lost

Image
Title:              Pitcairn - Paradise Lost: Uncovering the dark secrets of a South Pacific fantasy island Author:           Kathy Marks Pages:            383 Publisher:       Fourth Estate, Harper Collins, Australia Date:               2008 I bought this book before my stroke – in fact, before my ex walked out more than a year before that – so I had nothing happening which could encourage me to read it. I finally read it during the lockdown for COVID-19. I wonder if I should have. Kathy Marks wrote a long true tale, but it told of paedophilia, incest, violence, youth, older men, women who would never believe their young girls, and just so many more stories leading up to the court case of rape and sexual assault. Pitcairn was a ve...
Read more