You can read Susan's contribution The Diary of a Confused Dog here.
Our latest feature in the Memoir Showcase is a fascinating story from Susan Mellsopp, written from a guide dog's perspective. You can read Susan's contribution The Diary of a Confused Dog here. Susan Mellsopp is happily retired and lives in Hamilton New Zealand with her cream and gold Labrador guide dog Maya. Much of her life has been spent as a dairy farmer, and also working as a librarian, archivist and accessible transport researcher. She runs a writers group and is constantly being challenged to write in genres other than travel and memoir. Susan has published two school histories, written for an alumni magazine, and writes for a national magazine which is published monthly. Last year she had a story published in a book about pavlovas. She is a voracious reader; usually having two talking books and a kindle book on the go at once, loves to travel, listen to classical music, cook, spend time with friends and use modern technology. Volunteering is important to Susan, recently she began tutoring at Senior Net teaching older people how to use their ipads and iphones.
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It is a pleasure today to feature Ronald Mackay's first contribution this year to the Memoir section of the 2024 Creative Writing Showcase. You can read his story Thrift by clicking here. Ronald Mackay graduated from King’s College, Aberdeen University in May, 1967. He was fortunate to find interesting and relatively well-paid work during every one of his vacations and so was able to cover the cost of his years as a student. He worked in the tunnels inside Ben Cruachan (known today as the Hollow Mountain) to help build the hydro-electric power station, on tall buildings in London, in Beaver House in the City of London, and as a beater and pony man in the Scottish Highlands. He loved every minute of the work and of his studies. He and his wife now divide their time between the Netherlands and Tenerife. Viviana and Ronald, April 2024, Buenavista del Norte, Tenerife
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