When I first began writing, I had friends who were painters, and I always said, `If you paint a picture, you can at least stick it up on a wall in your home; for your friends and relatives, and anyone else who comes to your house, to see.` My paper story I put in […]
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Adult Playtime
I saw a notice in my library telling us that one of the librarians was reading to a group of adults. Just as they do to children. He would be reading from The Hitchhikers` Guide To The Galaxy. I had never been interested in that series but joined the group thinking that having it read […]
Some More Of Me Poetry
SOME OF ME POETRY Pam Ayres titled one of her collections: Some More Of Me Poetry. Here is some of mine. When I first heard of Pam Ayers’ work, apart from having always loathed the shorter form of my name, I decided I could easily write in her style. I stood at the kitchen sink (lots […]
Women of the World Festival 2016
Women of the World Festival 2016 Jacquie Lawrence was one of the five women writers playing to a full house in the Weston Roof Pavilion room as part of a Polari event at the WOW Festival (Women of the World) at the Southbank Centre in the Royal Festival Hall, hosted by Paul Burston. The women writers on […]
Show Business
When she discovered that she was, unusually, not going to be with her children for Christmas Day last year, my friend decided she would offer her time to our YMCA, to serve Christmas Day lunch to the homeless and the lonely. Although her children were either abroad or needed more by younger in-laws, she was not […]