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Showing posts with label nests. Show all posts

Showing posts with label nests. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Simple Life — of tales and tails

The Simple Life A life of freedom or pigeon pie? A chubby woodpigeon (ring dove) sits on a nest in a fir tree just 15’ from our front door. ...

Saturday, March 6, 2010

New Homes — Something To Crow About!

Birds of a feather… As I sit listening to the stories my husband reads to me, I watch the crows building nests in a couple of trees about a ...

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About Me

Gladys Hobson: Everything about my early life can be found in my illustrated book of childhood memories: When Phones Were Immobile and Lived in RED BOXES. Read the first two chapters at: www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk I also have my novels and anthologies on that site. I trained as a dress designer. Later turned to teaching. Took early retirement to train for church ministry. For the last eight years a full time writer. Personal experiences and settings tend to pop up in my stories! All my academic qualifications have been achieved in my middle and later years — as happened with most working-class achievers of my generation. I try to keep a sense of humour in all aspects of life. I can laugh at myself and at oldie jokes. But I wish the media would put less emphasis on faculties lost in old age (cause for laughter) and more on the wisdom gained. We old biddies do know a thing or two!

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