A Mixture of Thoughts

About the Book

I strongly believe that neither stories nor verse should be written in any choice of words that are beyond the vocabulary of prospective readers.
It is irritating to read fiction with a dictionary by one’s side, nor should it be necessary.
The late Sir Winston Churchill, a master ot the English language, won the hearts of his fellow country men and women during World War 2 because in his speeches he chose a language known to every level of education.
He did not want anybody to marvel at his vocabulary, then wonder what it meant. He wanted them all to understand his vocabulary and feel the depth of it in its simplicity and sincerity.
As a child I admired his ability to reach every English man, woman, or child who heard him speak.
So I rarely use words that are stumbling blocks to the pleasure of reading.
In this book I have tried to touch on the sentiments that could be in any of us.
Apart from the poetry, there are three stories of varying lengths, and they each take us into very different minds.

Filton Hebbard.

About the Author

This is the eighth book that iUniverse has published for Filton Hebbard. It contains three short stories of varying length, intermingled with about one hundred pieces of verse. Both the stories and the verse are uncomplicated, everyday life that could reach into both pleasure and sadness. Filton Hebbard’s childhood in a harsh mining town in Western Australia was, to him, a rewarding experience. He witnessed strength in poverty and joy in simplicity, and his seven earlier books portrayed it in many different ways. Now, comfortably over seventy years of age, his writing is a memory box for his only child, a daughter, who teaches piano. He lives in a water-frontage cottage about 50 miles north of Sydney, New South Wales , Australia. So different from that childhood town of Kalgoorlie. He hopes that any reader of his writing will see a world very different to their own, and appreciate that hot scones from a friendly oven are sweeter than any cake.