A collection of short stories, literary sketches and vignettes each capturing a moment in the life of someone a lot like you. Each story delves into human themes: expectation, desire, hope, loss, fear, joy, peace, suffering, redemption. The narrative is filled with subtle irony, humour and touching observations. The stories highlight our era of increasing social disconnection, in which technology is replacing intimacy and life occurs at a pace that challenges people’s ability to stop, observe and interpret their own existence and its relationship with those around them.
It highlights the everyday moment and provides nourishment for the harried soul. The overriding message in Caught is: that any moment in every life can be viewed as worthy of treasuring. Whether that moment is filled with despair or joy; they provide entertaining relief and nourishing benefits.
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Writing, Favorite Things To Do and Perfect Vacation Spots
by Deirdre Thurston
I wrote stories as a child. Essay writing was my favourite thing to do at school. My drawers were full of cute little notebooks and special pens. I had a huge desire to fill all the pages but also didn’t want to wreck their pristine beauty so, mainly, I thought about what to write rather than write in them. My first published piece was online for some writing website or blog thing. It was about holidays. I was thrilled to bits.
When I’m not writing, I love to hang out with close friends, drink some wine, talk, watch movies, read, visit inspiring art collections. My favourite thing to do is wander along a beach and breath. If my son is with me then it’s even better.
I like to vacation on tropical islands. I love Rarotonga and just about anywhere by a blue lagoon minus lots of people.
I’ve been an observer of people my whole life, always intrigued by the unfolding of everyday events and what those events take on in the eyes and lives of ordinary people.
As well as seeing — and feeling — the angst and the pain, the fragile hopes and dreams, the joys and the frustrations that make up the human condition, I’ve also always been able to see the funny side.
My vantage points have been from the perspective of a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother, an aunt, a friend and a confidante — I’ve looked at life through many lenses, yet always my own observations have been enriched by the points of view of the other players in those unfolding dramas.
And always inside of me, from the time I was five years old, has lurked a writer — framing my observations and cataloguing them. Storing them up until I was ready to capture them on paper.
At 57, I began crafting my lifetime of observations into sketches and vignettes. Two years later I knew it was time to start sharing my stories with the world.
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