Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Jenny's books

One of Jenny's interests is writing biographies of local people and publishing them in book form under the name "Tomorrow's History". Her first book, "Village Voices - Charlton Horethorne, records the memories of 19 people who have lived all or most of their lives in this charming village - it is a fascinating insight into how people lived in the countryside before, during and just after the Second World War.
 
"Town Tales - Wincanton" is a similar book recording the memories of 20 people in the nearby small town of Wincanton. Both "Village Voices" and "Town Tales" can be bought from Jenny for £5 each, all of which goes to local charities.
 
Jenny's third and latest book is a bit different - it is the story of Heather Moorse who established an animal sanctuary in the nearby village of Stowell and ran it for many years until she retired in 2006. Entitled "For the Love of Animals" it is moves quickly from pathos to high comedy and back again. The price is £6.95 from which Heather Mooorse makes a donation to the local RSPCA.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Happy Birthday Dad!


Happy Birthday Dad! Here is your birthday present, so you can write about whatever you fancy and publish it for the whole world to see, and share some photos. I'll tell you how over the phone and by email. Have a lovely day, with all our love Olly, Sally, Noah, Anna & Libby
PS Here's the photo you emailed to us recently.

Monday, June 30, 2008

On the beach

Noah, Grandpa Wavey and Anna, Paradise Beach, Monrovia, March 2006

Libby's brother

This is a photo of Odesco, Libby's brother, with Sally & Libby in the Acres of Hope Orphanage, February 2006. He left Liberia the day after this photo was taken, to travel to the States to join his new family there.

Olly, Libby, and a chimp

This is a photo of Libby, Olly & BooBoo-the-Chimp, February 2006

Liberia's stongest man

This is us with Oscar, Liberia's Strongest Man - March 2006

Strange shaped countries #1

The Republic of Guinea in West Africa is a strange shaped country. If the crow flies in a north- westerly direction, you could pass from Liberia into Guinea, back into Liberia again, then into Sierra Leone, then back into Guinea, then Sierra Leona again, then Guinea again...