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Charles’ New Blog!
I have started using a new blogging platform called Substack and will no longer be using WordPress. Please visit the following page and subscribe: https://charlesinoz.substack.com/ There are some of my recent articles: How to Improve your English Vocabulary What music do I like? Where am I going in my life? What it is like working…
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My Family Tree Project
On the 12th March my first grandchild was born. He doesn’t have my family name but I was delighted to hear his middle name is Mylles – a popular name on my father’s side of the family. It is my father’s first name, my grandfather’s first name and my middle name. I decided that now…
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Ten favourite non-fiction books.
I recently wrote about why I only read non-fiction then I proceeded to list some favourite works of fictions. A friend suggested I write about my favourite non-fiction books. That is a big challenge, so I spent a lot of time reviewing my Books Read list on Goodreads, and wrote this article. Here is a…
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Winter in America
Impressions of my first trip to America I found a printed copy of this essay and decided to scan and share here on my blog. I also found the photos I took on my trip. On the 19th of February 1990 I started a new job as the technical support specialist for a company called…
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Why I rarely read fiction
When people ask me about my love of books and daily reading habit they are sometimes surprised when I say I don’t read fiction. Well, that last statement is not completely true as I occasionally read fiction but I’m very choosy.
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Christmas in Australia
I was going to write a lot more about Christmas in Australia but it is already the 22nd of December and I ran out of time. I hope you enjoy the following article, and wishing you a Merry Christmas!
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Contiki Tour in Salzburg
This is the next instalment in the publishing of my diary of my Contiki tour of Europe in 1980. In this short entry I describe the quick visit to Salzburg and Mozart’s birth place. I am listening to Eine Kleine Nachtmusic while I edit this text.
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Contiki – Rome and Venice
This is a continuation of the post about Pisa and Florence.
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Contiki Tour in Italy – Pisa and Florence
This is the second part of my Contiki Europe tour diary.
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Contiki Europe Tour – Part 1
In 1980 I was in my second year of work, saving money and accumulating annual leave. Inspired by discussions with my school friend Craig, I decided to book a European holiday. My travel agent found a 5 week Contiki tour for 18-30 year olds (I was 22 at the time) and booked a Qantas return…