by Anne Skyvington | Aug 23, 2021 | Guest Post
A Perspective from Two Young Women Covid isolation and protesters as seen through the (younger) eyes and voices of 2 women I am proud to call relatives:...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 16, 2016 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
A Genteel Ghost a true story by Roger Britton I never believed in ghosts before, but now I am not quite sure … perhaps a “presence” is what I mean … St Mary’s Convent and school, in Warren, central New South Wales, had been the home for Josephite...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 2, 2016 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
Here’s a story from my Teachers’ College friend, Ian Wells. It’s great for me to re-live that all-important primary school teaching experience through his words. It’s the kids’ future that is at stake, and they do it well in small...
by Anne Skyvington | Jan 25, 2016 | Guest Post, Writing A Novel
There really are FEELINGS IN YOUR HEART you don’t even know exist until you have a child of your own. It’s a sensation without description. When our first-born finally arrived, it was the greatest day of my life. A fortnight after the expected time of birth, my wife...
by Anne Skyvington | Jan 20, 2016 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
“Snakey” by Roger Britton I soon learnt Death Adders were dangerous in more ways than one. The common belief among us school boys was that, once you were bitten by a death adder, you only had three minutes before your tongue went black, the whites of your...
by Anne Skyvington | Dec 17, 2015 | Guest Post
A Happy Childhood … by the beach Memories of Freedom and Security As a kid, I lived in a treasured place and time. It was the forties and fifties in Brighton-le-Sands. Life was simpler then. Kids could—and did—play outside all day. The crime rate was lower, we...
