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Wilhelmina by Daphne Saxby Taylor

1. The grand duchess' offer   THE GRAND DUCHESS STOOD STILL, her head tilted to one side, listening.  "Who is that, Maria?  Who is that playing the piano?"  She paused, listening intently.  "Not since Mr. Chopin visited us have I heard such music.  The notes are like drops of water falling into a still pool - so clear they are crystal like." "I believe, Your Grace, it is the younger daughter of Colonel Johann Gerhardt, Wilhelmina," her companion replied. "A…
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Pause a Minute with Daphne Taylor by Daphne Taylor

      PREFACE   I have here used the Australian Grass Tree as background for these 'Pause a Minute' thoughts. There are so many growing on "Tarkarendi", especially in inaccessible places. Each season I watch them and am fascinated by them and the life lessons they can be seen to exemplify. They certainly do not rush in their growing. They have great resilience in their own environment, in good seasons or in bad. When fire attacks, they erupt into…
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Daphne Saxby Taylor

Daphne Saxby Taylor has always loved to write, in childhood making up stories to amuse herself, and in teen years writing poetry.  She has written news, plays, skits and hymns for parish purposes where her husband Harry was rector.  The experience of being journalist/editor for country weekly newspapers made her realise the power of the printed word. On retirement she wrote her first Australian Historical novels, inspired by stories of her ancestors, all early settlers in Australia.  She still writes…