The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor Sometimes I wonder how my generation survived without TV, computers, email, cell phones, Internet banking, iPads, Kindle and a great deal more. New technology has crept into our lives bringing social networking with it, though not everyone […]
SUZANNE'S WORLD
SUZANNE'S WORLD is the new all-encompassing umbrella for features, blogs and interviews either new or archived on my website. It is also the new home of what was Melville News.
Above: The pin board in my office is a collage of of my world...
For a long time I've been searching for a name that immediately conveys, but doesn't limit, the scope of editorial content I publish on my website. As simple a task as one may think it to be, I have rejected every suggestion for not meeting those criteria. "What's in a name?" asked more than one friend, echoing Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ("What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smells as sweet," says Juliet in a passage reflecting her wishful thinking.)
As Juliet discovered, there's a lot in a name, and in my case, the perfect solution wasn't presenting itself. Suzanne's World is an honest and broad attempt to to capture the spirit of this page. As the pin board reveals, in my case it is a personal if somewhat random collection of people and places in my professional and private life, which is intended to be symbolic.
It is here too where colleagues and friends will be encouraged to share their original, thought-provoking and entertaining words to engage readers old and new.
And now that I have settled on Suzanne's World, I hope to give up stressing about names and to get on with the writing. I'm working towards forming partnerships with other sites, which will provide yet more options for the short-attention-span age in which we find ourselves.
I'm happy to say that the launch of this new segment coincides with a feature and an extended paragraph (I'm being facetious) from John Miller, an old friend and colleague who lives in Wales... but let him tell his own stories.
Welcome to my world.
Melville News – Issue No. 15, December 2012
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor As I pondered what to write in this last newsletter of 2012, I noticed a flyer from our post-box inviting us to a street block party, ‘to meet your neighbours, to say farewell to the Jacaranda and […]
Melville News – Issue No. 14, July 2012
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Melville News – Issue No. 13, February 2012
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Melville News – Issue No. 12, July 2011
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor Hallelujah for the new Consumer Protection Act. I have long called myself a consumer activist and I complain often but I also issue praise and say thank you when it’s due. Recently I experienced both excellent and […]