Linton Falls (Photo credit: paulfarrington46)
I was born in the South West of England and at the beginning of my life lived in Libya. When I revisited Africa a few years ago, away from the tourist trail, I saw that women still beat their laundry over stones at wells. Imagine having to do this whilst trying to feed a family and ensure they get some semblance of an education. The children often have to walk for miles, whilst we stand and moan about the frequency of public transport.
Am I politically motivated? Possibly. For sure, I feel privileged to have been born a western woman, at liberty to pursue my goal of becoming a writer.
For those of you who are serious about becoming published, The Bristol Short Story Prize is a good place to start. Emily Bullock’s ‘brilliant My Girl’ will knock your head off. The standard of the other winning entries will encourage you to really stretch your writing skills to the limit.
In my spare time I enjoy writing poetry, prose, short stories and experimenting with Art media. Sorry if that makes me sound a bit of a geek.
Best Regards Talia. B.A. Hons. CWSin
Hi Talia.. sorry it’s taken a while to comment on your space.. such is life’s events at the moment… It’s lovely to meet you… I’ve had a browse and I think you have an eloquent way with words.. your poetry etc.. evokes the relevent emotions and visuals and all are exellent…
Thankyou for the lovely comment on my painting.. In answer to your query regarding the medium used.. that particular painting is oils on canvas.. oils being my favourite medium.. closely followed by watercolours… 
Have a magical day.
Jen. xxx
Thank you for your comment Jen. I think your paintings are well composed and I will visit your site again. In the meantime have fun.
Thankyou Talia.. much appreciated… I love the many aspects of creativity and spend most of my life doing some project or other…
I have another wordpress site.. I’ve not done much on it yet.. just added a couple of poems I wrote a while back… I plan to put more on there in the near future… I also have a utube account with an example of one of my songs… I also plan to do more on there at some point… The links are: http://arthousewijnton.wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/wijnton2012
Feel free to have a look…
Have a magical evening.
Jen. xxx
Hi – thanks so much for visiting my blog recently
I’ll be popping by to yours again in the future too. Have a great day xx
Hi Talia.. just read your comment sorry for the delay in replying.. I’ll put my settings to public and see if that works… Hope you’re well and life’s treating you good…
Have a magical evening…
Jen.xxx
Dear Talia, I enjoy your postings and comments so much. I hope your summer is the respite it should be. Best to you – Monica
Dear Talia, Thinking of you and your beautiful new home, the plantings you will make, and the joy you will find in them. Thank you for such a very special gift from the heart. Blessings – Monica
Hi Talia, not sure if you are into such things, but have an award on me…
http://theurbanmisanthropist.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/today-i-think-ill-be-kreativ-and-sunny
Ta!
Thank You for thinking of me.
It is much appreciated.
Talia,
You know, it’s always baffled me when people complain about doing laundry. We have it so easy. Throw it in a machine and it does the work. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
We sure do Lori, which is why we have time for the social networking. Meeting at the well, is their form of socialising too and when you think about it, who are the happier people?
We sure do have it easy. Who’s to say those who beat the rock and have to walk aren’t happy anyway?
Simplicity is so underrated, and living in a non-materalistic and different way than our harried consumer society is underrated too. Looking forward to sinking my teeth into your blog! 
Pete, I am so pleased that you identify with this.
Please come by again soon.
Best regards Talia.