7 random facts about Claire Saxby- because we can.

Sally from her Scribblings blog once encouraged me to list 7 random facts about me. I can do that.

1. I don’t like being called Clarence but don’t mind Clarabelle or Claire-bear.

2. I hated my middle name for most of my primary years, but now like it for exactly the same reasons – it’s unusual here in Australia. It’s Malise, pronounced ma-leece.

3. I reckon the coral reefs off eastern Bougainville Island are among the best in the world…and more accessible. Well, accessible from the beach once you’ve found a way to get to this amazing island north of the Solomon Islands.

4. My parents left home when I was at uni, leaving me and my brothers in the family home.

5. My hardest job was working in a hospital laundry in the height of summer, around hot machines, standing all day.

6. I had a teddy bear until I was 10. It was so worn that my grandmother sewed a suit to the bear to keep his arms from falling off again. I only stopped having my teddy bear when I gave it to our new puppy because he was crying and lonely. He reduced it to ribbons and fluff in one night.

7. My dad once made us a cubby house from an enormous wooden crate that had held a piece of equipment for his work. He cut doors and a window, and Mum made curtains and we’d have tea parties in there.

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