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John Mikkelsen

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John Mikkelsen is a former senior journalist, ex-editor of several Queensland regional newspapers and freelance writer, with more than 50 years experience. Many articles and opinion pieces have been published in online and print sites.i
After leaving high school, he successfully completed a three-year pharmacy dispensing apprenticeship before quitting that to pursue a spear fishing adventure around Australia’s vast coastline. Fate intervened and he stumbled into journalism by chance following a game of bowls between his dad and a newspaper editor. Within nine years, he became a young editor himself, with many memorable escapades to follow and more interesting career moves in life after full-time journalism. Much of this features in the Amazo
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Don't Call Me Nev

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One for the birds, Part one

MOTHER’S LOVE REVISITED - (another chapter from my Amazon Books Memoir, Don't Call Me Nev ).

The bond between mother and child is something very special. It goes far beyond the crass commercialism of Mothers Day, and just one day of the year.
For most of us, it is an unconditional, unbreakable bond, and I guess you have to be a mum to fully appreciate it.
But it is not unique to the human species an Read more of this blog post »
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Published on February 27, 2023 17:43 Tags: flight, hawks, mother-s-love, wounded
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“How language changes - remember when woke just meant you were awake, social media was a gossip page in the local rag, LGBTIQ were just random letters of the alphabet and "sick" meant you were unwell?”
JOHN MIKKELSEN, Don't Call Me Nev

“Maybe I should have called my memoir, "Don't Call Me Harry" (please Spare me!)”
John Mikkelsen, Don't Call Me Nev

“How language changes - remember when woke just meant you were awake, social media was a gossip page in the local rag, LGBTIQ were just random letters of the alphabet and "sick" meant you were unwell?”
JOHN MIKKELSEN, Don't Call Me Nev

“Maybe I should have called my memoir, "Don't Call Me Harry" (please Spare me!)”
John Mikkelsen, Don't Call Me Nev

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