Remember the author/belly-dancer who was working the boats in the Med? Her book The Think Tank has taken off on Amazon and had a great write-up in Dubai today. No stopping her now - next week...Wigan Pier?

Jae de Wylde Minshall, author of "The Thinking Tank", and part-time belly-dancer instructor in Dubia, is seeking a divorced couple with children over 16 years old, and living grand-parents, all willing to be interviewed by a jouranlist at $200 per pe... Read more

Just noted a couple of "posted" stories in the Arena which didn't make it to their destinations  (BLANK). I recall when first trying to send copy to Arena via BROWSE mode, several times getting all my ducks lined up - pushing the SEND button and... Read more

If David, Trevor and Maureen hadn't started a Face Book  thread about knickers, corsets and disasterous dates I would not have rememberd the item just added to the Arena. Its one of several OMG moments I've recalled and  written up. They ar... Read more

The armistice signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of  the eleventh month is known by many names in many countries who  lost a generation, scythed down like poppies in Flanders fields. On  this 11th year of th... Read more

Saturday was a grotty miserable overcast 50's temperatues day in North-East Florida - until I ran into a pukka wedding complete with decorated elephant staged at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort and Convention. Drums, chanting, and tradition... Read more

Hopefully this item which was stolen from FB via YouTube will hit an English teacher's funny bone without doing permanent damage!

Just in time for Halloween, and early for the 400th anninversary August, 2012 hanging of the Pendle Witches, my short story "Revenge of the Pendle Witches" is now available via Amazon.com on Kindle (and NOOK in the USA). It debuted last month in the ... Read more

A local and national legendary journalist  who exposed the KKK, despite  FBI obstructions, died recently aged 94. I attended his 91st birthday where an 11-year-old neighbor almost stole the show. Check my blog, please: http://jackowensdogwa... Read more

Labor Day Weekend, the last weekend of summer in America, is traditionally the "official" start of political races when all the registered blowhards spout speeches and press the flesh. It also seems to have become something of a tradition of Mother N... Read more