the write choice

I have, for a long time, had an urge to write stories. But I had no Idea where to start, my spelling was poor, my hand writing atrocious and I had zero idea how to punctuate or capitalize. One day, I was talking to my work mate Michael, who told me about an organization named "Read Write Now" and how they had helped and encouraged him, they even encouraged him to write a story that is close to his heart.his story was subsequently published. This all inspired me. Although I expected "Read Write Now" to reject me because of my age (54) although, I also expected them not to verbalize that reason. But to my pleasant surprise, I met with a lady named Robin Branchi from the a previously Mentioned "Read Write Now" Who accepted My application and I was soon met my tutor Amanda Bowen she is an inspiration to me. Amanda not only taught me how to spell and punctuate.I was also introduced to blogging which Helps me to express my self. Thanks to Amanda I can confidently write my story for you, and I encourage anyone reading this. Follow your dream.

Dive For Your Life

It was my birthday and my son said "come up to York" (That's in Western Australia).
So away we went. It took an hour to get there, in his car. from the moment we arrived we could see people floating in the air, parachutes billowing. On their landing I expected their faces to depict fear, even terror, From such an undoubtedly harrowing time. But no, I saw joy. My thoughts were"how can this be". Judging from conversations that I over heard from the no doubt loopy people. They were both of sound mind and body.
My question was, "why would any one jump out of a perfectly good plane"? the answer is, the thrill is indescribable. In years gone by expert sailors claimed the world was flat they were proved wrong by switched on people. In the same light sky divers are switched on people too.

My Alaska Holiday Part 5

Next we saw the Grand Canyon, words can’t describe the truly magnificent experience, and photos don’t do it justice it’s breath taking. You MUST see it. The next day we went to a music spectacular, in Fremont street Las Vegas, the theme is the 1960’s it was spectacular. The entire street was lit up with psychedelic light. The roof covers length and width of the street. Every hour a new song was played and the words displayed on the roof. And the colour configuration would also change. in between times, young people attired in clothing of the period, Sang and danced just as they did back then. IT WAS SO GOOD. The next day was great too we went on a Gondola ride with an authentic Venetian boat man. Quite close by, we were able to see a giant water feature shoot 50 foot or 2 foot in the air in time to music. It was a magical experience. That night, we went to the circus, you may have heard of it? Cirque De Soleil O, the only one that doesn’t travel. It was so good. Were going home to Perth tomorrow it’s been a great holiday though.
RON

My Alaska Holiday Part 4

Now we’ve left Alaska, arriving in Canada, The City of Victoria to be exact. It is a pretty place, and our sojourn was much too short, my family and I wandered around a bit then, we took a leisurely ride in a horse and carriage, touring the City. We voyaged back to Seattle that night, and this great cruise is over. It’s true all good things come to an end. But it’s been fun.


The cruise is over, but not, the holiday. We flew from Seattle, to Las Vegas. As soon as we arrived, we saw gambling machines, the very thing you don’t expect to see, at any airport. When we arrived at our hotel, we had to queue up, since it was night time I expected only a short wait to check in, 1 hour later it was our turn. This place is extremely popular. It's air-conditioned, But when I walked out of the hotel at 10am I was sweating profusely, immediately. I thought Perth was hot, but this is normal summer weather, not a heat wave. It’s the hub of gambling here, eating, drinking, sex and I dare say guns and drugs are all okay, as long as you gamble.

My Alaska Holiday Part 3

After cruising all night we were now in Sitka, we couldn’t dock because the port wasn’t deep enough, so we got on a tender. I went gold panning, hoping to find my fortune. I found a bit of gold, as did everyone, but no more, for any one. On reflection, we were given the first pan of dirt by the tour guide, it doesn’t need much imagination to work out that the dirt was seeded with gold. After that I went on a different excursion to a national park looking at fauna. I saw, many and varied plants and flowers, some trees are called nursery trees, the seed nourishes off the nursery tree until the old tree dies and the young tree takes its place. I also saw many totem poles each one tells the story, or dream of the Native American head, of each family. It was both Informative and Interesting. We left Sitka arriving in Ketchikan the next morning. As with all the other places we have seen in Alaska the scenery is breath taking. I went to a lumber jack show were 6 men competed against each other fooling about with each other and the audience, topping it off was a carving of a rabbit done with a chainsaw, it looked terrific. Afterwards I went to a traditional feast of Salmon battered in honey it was surprisingly delicious.