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G'day garden lovers/friends of the earth

I'm new to the list and to writing. I'm thinking of becoming a writer mainly because people keep telling me I should write a book. I nearly failed English at high school (a lo-ooo-ng time ago). I have never had anything published and would appreciate any tips or suggestions you may have to begin.

As part of my voluntary work I do a lot of talks to garden clubs and community groups and have been following with interest the discussion about going with digital projection. I was "stung" myself recently when I did a talk at a so-called university of technology where the technology left a lot to be desired and left me feeling quite embarrassed. After being assured the equipment was compatible with Mac OSX, needless to say, it wasn't. Fortunately I had a video to show while the IT person tried to sort it out [to no avail] and eventually had to show it on my small screen. I agree wholeheartedly with comments about Powerpoint, I wouldn't touch MS Windows with a ten-foot pole. At home I use Appleworks 6 where the word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, paint, draw and i-Photo documents are all easily combined into one file/presentation/slide show with manual override. I can even add music.

On Monday, January 24, 2005, at 02:44 am, Daryl wrote:

"A garden, where one may enter in and forget the whole world, cannot be made
in a week, nor a month, nor a year; it must be planned for, waited for and
loved into being." Chinese Proverb
That's excellent Daryl, here's another Chinese Proverb for you:
"If you want to be happy for a day get drunk; if you want to be happy for a week kill a pig [read: hog]; if you want to be happy for a year get married; if you want to be happy forever make a garden."

With best regards,
Robyn

CONTACT DETAILS:

Robyn Williamson
Permaculture Design Consultant, Urban Horticulturist
Hon Sec, Fagan Park Community Eco Garden Committee
Local Seed Network Coordinator
NORTH WESTERN SYDNEY COMMUNITY SEED SAVERS
ph/fx: (612) 9629 3560
email: rz.williamson@optusnet.com.au
http://www.seedsavers.net/lsn/32.html
http://www.communityfoods.com.au
http://www.au.gardenweb.com/directory/fpceg
http://www.sydney.foe.org.au/water

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