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If there is one thing that I have learnt from 2024 it is to never underestimate what you can achieve when you put your mind to it. I've written a little about this in my recent challenge entry Project Me as well as other goals that I have for 2025, so I will not repeat myself here.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Writers
Rachel Reviews: The Pursuit by Jim Ruth
You can tell on reading this book from the tone of author, Jim Ruth, that he is very proud of his family lineage, and rightly so. From the first voyage that brought the Ruths to America from mainland Europe to the present day, Ruth has been able to chart from many diverse sources, a history of his family which transposes well into a book for others, who are not of the Ruth clan, to read and enjoy.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Until It Was Gone by Dave Seaburn
This is the third of Dave Seaburn's books that I've reviewed and he is an author to who I am keen to return again and again. His books are well-written with a clear thread and purpose and I lose myself in them totally, with no jarring jerks in continuity or other, like odd plot turns or characters I can't grasp, so I'm never taken out of my involved reading. For me, this is the most crucial sign of a good read: to become immersed and invested in what you are reading.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Leading Lady
She could feel the load lifting. This year had been, in many ways, a challenging one. Freedom was within reach and yet... She sat and thought. It was still dark outside and the kitchen was quiet. Only the ticking of the clock and the creak of the house, as warmth suffused its bones, were keeping her company. It wasn't always like this but holidays brought these moments of early solitude where teenagers can sleep without alarm and husbands can rest instead of rushing out into cold air for early trains.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Retirement
"And so, we'd just like to say 'Thanks John' and hope you don't miss us too much in your retirement!" The staff laughed as John accepted the gift offered and forced a smile. He was seventy years old: seventy years strong. He hadn't wanted to go; did it for the young ones with families. Compulsory redundancy would hit them harder. Space needed to be made.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
