Writer, EFL teacher, trainer, and translator, I was born in Tanzania, have lived in a dozen countries over three continents, and describe myself as an ‘expatriate sin patria’. Wherever I go I make it my business to learn the language, get to know the local people and customs, and discover the country’s remotest corners. I became interested in writing in mid-2006, did a short Open University creative writing course and a Writers’ Bureau course, and began getting articles published in 2007.

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Spring has arrived! Today we were listening to Snow Patrol 'Chasing Cars' - 'Show me a garden that's bursting into life' - well, mine is, and you can see my rose photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=26428&l=f172e&id=664241054

By the way, have you read 'A Good Year for the Roses'? (You may have seen it on Writelink a while back, but it's had no views here) It's in my Short stories, Pru and Wills category - my roses play an important part in the story!

I must get down to learning to do fancy links like Sarah's - and Sarah, sorry i've copied your skin, but it's such a nice one...

Sorry, another question: is there an easy way to search for a post? For example, I see Sarah (Sarah, you are an example to us all!) has her sticky post which links you up to various categories on her blog. I'm sure you've explained how that's done, but how do I quickly find where?

The Nzinga launch (see Nzinga artisans post below this on my blog) was a great success – more photos on http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=26087&l=74c2c&id=664241054

The ladies made over 20,000 pesos on the day, which means about £80.00 each – probably more than they would get in a month from all the jobs they do put together.

And every one of them got orders for more items, because they ran out!

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