My dad couldn't stay in one place! Some years I went to 2 or 3 different schools in the same school year! We almost moved to Australia so my dad could work on the oil lines...something to do with oil...he was a Jack of all trades, he did offshore drilling & construction in the winter & we all worked the fruit harvests spring through fall! We swear he was part Gypsy! It was a bit rough!
Ah well, my reading was far less romantic & my thinking rarely falls in line with modern thinking because of it. When you know who were *indentured slaves* & what the pirates mostly traded in you become very cynical about people sprooking stuff they have limited knowledge & even less understanding of. It all begins to feel like manipulation & I loathe being manipulated.I home schooled my children for a few years, something I never thought I would do & that is where I continued my education!
I have to confess...I liked pirates & highwaymen...but those were my romance novel reading years...
The man worked on the oil rigs in the desert for a few years. Hard yakka.
I definitely understand that pirates were not truly romantic figures...it was an ugly way of life! I don't like being manipulated either!Ah well, my reading was far less romantic & my thinking rarely falls in line with modern thinking because of it. When you know who were *indentured slaves* & what the pirates mostly traded in you become very cynical about people sprooking stuff they have limited knowledge & even less understanding of. It all begins to feel like manipulation & I loathe being manipulated.
It truly is hard yakka/work...I looked that up...The man worked on the oil rigs in the desert for a few years. Hard yakka.
I'm not shy but I do find socialising hard so changing schools so often would have wrecked me. So many new people all the time!
My education continues...
Oh I like sci-fi as well. But something of the charm was gone. Somehow she wound up making the world less interesting by turning it into sci-fi. I can't explain it but somehow I would up disappointed.I have to agree with that, I loved the earlier books, but I still enjoyed the later books...there's quite a bit of sci-fi in me...I'm also a blend!
That is amazing! I can see why.I'm not a SciFi blend but you may throw in large dollops of accurate history if you like.
I love history. I have many histories on the bookshelf. I think maybe after Cornwell I will target a good history to learn something.History as she is taught in school is mostly very dull.I was lucky. I began reading archaeology very young & learnt there is another way of learning it.
