Catch up and Clunes

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Readers will notice that I have finally got around to getting a more up-to-date photo of myself on this page. 

My daughter took the old one on my 68th birthday, and as I am now 78. it was way past time for my author image to catch up with my age!

It’s not easy to accept how one is ageing, nor to find a friend who is patient enough to tolerate my reluctance in ‘posing’.

So thanks Jane, for being so willing!

And to bite another bullet, I am taking ‘Peeping through my fingers’ to Victoria, for the Clunes Booktown Festival on 21st and 22nd March.  I’d been wanting to go for years, but as a book-loving spectator, not a participant.

I want my short stories read more widely; these are mostly award-winners, and my biggest wins have been in Victorian competitions (The Alan Marshall and the Boroondara), and my writers’ residencies have been in Victoria too. Plus the Owner Builder Magazine, for which I used to write, was based here, in Dunolly.

So I won’t feel too out of place.

If you are going to it, do come by and say hello! I’m in a Writers’ Tent, stall FE

10 thoughts on “Catch up and Clunes”

  1. Great words, Patrice. Many thanks. Love that you are nearby. But trip a disaster, as you now know.

  2. Lovely pic Sharyn. You’ve weathered your share of ‘storms’ & your enthusiasm & passion for causes close to your heart continues. Love sharing the memories Safe journey. X

  3. Thanks for the lovely words, Sue. It was about time to show my age here;. Sadly, I don’t have a lot of hope for the future, for many reasons!

  4. Dear Sharyn, it’s really lovely to see your face as you are now . You remain as attractive and beautiful as ever, a rare achievement, and also there is, somehow, an extra touch of peaceful wisdom and strength. Life has still got a lot of great things to offer you, and you to Life.

  6. Sharyn, lovely photo – looking 78 years young! I loved your “Peeping Through My Fingers” book.

  9. Amen Robert! Too many friends have long gone before this age, so I’m grateful to be here.
    Thanks for the good wishes; it’ll be a bit daunting, but I guess I’ll cope!

  10. Dear Sharyn, I’ve just turned 80, so I know how you feel ! What an extraordinary time to still be alive ?

    Good luck at the Clunes Book Club !

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