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theSailor

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Born

in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

Website

http://strangeland.nz

Influences

The Little Prince and much science fiction

Member Since

July 2009

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I was born in Liverpool, England, at the end of the War, and went to sea in various guises - Royal Navy, inshore fishing, yacht delivery & sail training - before taking up writing. I contributed to many yachting magazines, and had 12 hardback sailing books published.

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My Yachting Manuals

I don't want to write a blog particularly, but thought I should make clear that all my early yachting books were published commercially under my real name - John Mellor.

I chose theSailor as a nom-de-plume for more creative work so as to prevent my own persona from intruding into the story. I hope that doesn't sound too pretentious, but I do feel that while my personal background in a particular fi Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 06, 2020 01:21

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Average rating: 3.89 · 38 ratings · 25 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Seven Gifts in The Rain 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1988 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Gifts within us it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruising Skipper 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Then the Rains Came: -- and awoke the Seven Gifts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Das 1 x 1 des Segelns. Praxiswissen für Küstensegler 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We are each on our own journey; and while that journey always interacts with those of others, it remains uniquely ours. To understand it we need the eyes of a child.”
― John Mellor

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“There are some great mysteries here and I believe that each one of us is better placed to understand them than any sceptical scientist or religious zealot, simply because our Universe is not the same as theirs. We are, each of us, on our own journey; and whilst that journey continually interacts with those of others, it always remains uniquely ours. To understand that journey, because it is ‘magical’, we must look at it with the eyes of a child. I hope the essential simplicity of ‘The 7 Gifts’ will encourage readers to do that.”
― John Mellor, The Seven Gifts

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“There are some great mysteries here, which each of us is better placed to understand than any sceptical scientist or religious zealot, simply because our Universe is not the same as theirs.”
― John Mellor, The Seven Gifts

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topics	posts	views	last activity
Making Connections: 1125. THE SEVEN GIFTS by John Mellor	1	16	Apr 21, 2013 08:24PM
Making Connections: 5705. - Seven Gifts in The Rain by theSailor	4	20	Mar 03, 2020 04:40PM
Making Connections: 5857. - Seven Gifts in The Rain by theSailor	4	20	Jul 15, 2020 09:59PM

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“We are each on our own journey; and while that journey always interacts with those of others, it remains uniquely ours. To understand it we need the eyes of a child.”
― John Mellor

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“My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Selected Poetry

tags: friends, inspirational, train

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