Jump to content

MastaMak

Members
  • Posts

    91
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by MastaMak

  1. MastaMak

    Provisioning

    Hot dogs - canned or otherwise - yuk ! Better than starving though.
  2. MastaMak

    Fun in the Sun

    "There's a little red Port left in the bottle" was the statement my seafarer maternal grandfather taught us as kids to remember which was the Port side. He first went to sea in 1899 at age 12 as a cabin boy & went round Cape Horn under sail in a 3 masted clipper. He was English but migrated to Australia in 1923.
  3. MastaMak

    The Chandlery

    What's the significance of the emphasis on the boxes of tax records i wonder?
  4. MastaMak

    Visitors!

    It was clear that the story would cover some twists & turns but you've done that in spades. Love your writing style & the story line is unique. I didn't anticipate the latest twist with Vince. And interesting dynamic to be sure. It will give the boys something to ponder no doubt.
  5. MastaMak

    Freedom Fighters

    it's fiction i know but that notwithstanding it makes confronting reading knowing that the situation described could in reality occur. A well constructed, convincing plot and written well and with empathy.
  6. MastaMak

    Dazed and Confused

    Beautifully written. I don't have legal training & the law in Australia is very different from that applying in American states but i have to say that the emancipation & custody orders of the court leave me puzzled. That aside, it was a great outcome.🤗
  7. I'd reckon Don's playing silly buggers with his management of Robbie's trust fund.
  8. I very much like your writing style. The subject matter is realistic and treated with delicacy which i appreciate. Although not directly comparable i started my sexualising discovery at 12 on the first night at boarding school. I acknowledge I'm bisexual by inclination and didn't experience heterosexual activity until I was 24 and have chosen to live a heterosexual life for the last 58 years which whilst not regretting i still enjoy reading pieces like this.
  9. Particularly insightful & written with great understanding & empathy. It's almost like it's "close to home for you Dodger". I know there are elements of it to which I can relate from personal experience.
  10. As someone who attended 4 high schools in 3 Australian states spanning 5 years i can empathise with Robbie here. Good story well developed.
  11. Very thoughtfully written with sensitivity. Great character development. An interesting story which is easy to like.
  12. I can only relate to the situation from an Australian perspective but imagined things in USA might have been mor relaexed by the 70'sNo i suppose not. By then however I was living in remote communities in PNG in a position of authority which didn't allow me to be myself openly. Not that I'm complaining. I made my bed and was content for the most part sleeping on it.
  13. I can relate to this story. What awesome parentsvthese boys have. Very modern in their attitudes. Wouldn't have happened in my day but that was a very different era in the 1950's.
  14. MastaMak

    Resolved?

    One of the most compelling stories I've had the privilege to read. I look forward to any continuation.
  15. What a great story & so so well written. I speak from experience.
×
×
  • Create New...