Mentone Public Library Proudly Presents   as Part of Our Ongoing Series  "An Author for All Seasons: Series Five"  We Bring you A Kingston Seniors Festival Special:  "I Remember"  Showcasing an  Anthology by Local Author   Shirley Randles and her U3A Memoirs Writing Group WHEN: 11am-1pm Saturday, 31st October 2015 For those who missed the hype about Shirley's U3A Memoirs Writing Group at the recent Kingston Seniors Festival Launch held at Southland on Thursday, 1st October 2015, here are some photos to further show you the great time you will have meeting this talented, spirited, warm, vivacious, inspiring, community-minded local author who has worked tirelessly and selflessly to pave the way for other emerging local writers. In Solidarity with Memoirs: Hard-working, Stoic Volunteer Chinmay Stands with Pride Beside the Sign for Shirley Randles' U3A Memoirs Writing Group    ...

This event was inspired by Danae Andrea Harwood's family paper-game activity book:  ".factor: hot dot and odd spot games for cool entertainment." http://www.danae-andrea.com/home.html  Danae Andrea Harwood sticks her antlers out to guess the celebrity character on her head, as the audience responds to her identity questions...whilst struggling to decipher Julia's less-than clear handwriting! Julia competes in a game of Bluestone Battle with the game's maker; Danae. The object of the game being to construct a tower through joining dots to forge bricks, line by line, before your opponent does and wins the honours of be-heading you in triumph...It was my head which was decapitated! There is a line from the 1986 movie "Stand By Me" that resonates very deeply with me and I think really encapsulates the magic of childhood. It is simply stated, and yet, so incredibly moving and profound: "I never had any friends again like the o...