Upside Down Miss Jane

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Dir. Virginia Lumsden Perf. Norman Hetherington. Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1959-1999. Television.

Down near the bottom of my resume, it reads:

“November 1979: Contributing television graphic artist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)” Continue reading

Rebecca

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Du Maurier, Daphne (Pan, reprint 1975 (orig 1938), ISBN 0 330 24709 3)

About three years ago I lent some of my favorite books to a friend who wanted to read more. I included Rebecca (I have the version as shown, I bought it some time in the 80s) amongst other incredibly excellent books. After some time she gave them back and said she’d not really enjoyed them.

“You read literature, I don’t”, she said. Continue reading

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