Mary - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hi, I'm from sunny Australia, living in Japan, pretending to teach small children how to speak English. It's a good job but makes me think English may actualy be made up of grammatical rules and set expressions, so I write to keep my English speak ability up. Let me know what you think, over the next few weeks I'll post a heap more, I don't own a computer here so internet time is limited. The pic is from my incredibly short modelling career - one day - Japan has a funny idea of what looks Western. Please comment on my blog! It's why I have one, if you leave a comment I'll return the favour.Have fun,Mary

My Interests

Turtles, writing, reading, photography, politics, religion, witches, tomatoes, jewellery, music, history, women's movements, edo period Japanese art especially ukio-e woodblock prints, new clothes, stories, people, people's stories, dogs, fish, Impressionist paintings.

Music:

Anything that shows originality and/or talent. Other than accordions.

Movies:

Classics. Adventure. Children's. Revenge. Anything with a good story.

Television:

I don't watch TV.

Books:

Authors. Terry Pratchett. Angela Carter. K. Mansfield. Jane Austen. Rhoald Dahl. C.S.Lewis. Too many to remember.

My Blog

Beauty and the Beast - unfinished

Lost in the deep, shocking blue, the world races by under me, I feel the wind full in my face, and I am jolted back to earth by a slap on the back of my head. 'Why are you stading there with that...
Posted by Mary on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:46:00 PST

It's not just strangers

We walk home from school together. My friends talk and laugh, about the awful boys and the stupidiy of teachers. My feet bake in their shoes. It's the start of the year, and my new shoes pinch and rub...
Posted by Mary on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST

Another short story, I always thought this was the point of the much longer version.

Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time, there lived a little girl. Her mother loved her very much, and they lived together in a little cottage near the woods. Even though they were poor, they ...
Posted by Mary on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:08:00 PST

Short story I am working on. Tell me what you think.

The Little Mermaid Once upon a time, in the beautiful wide ocean, there lived a mermaid princess. She was the youngest daughter of Poseidon, the all-powerful sea king, ruler of the ocean.He ruled the ...
Posted by Mary on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:30:00 PST