I've written 866 words on my close reading of a passage from Defoe's Roxana. It'll have to suffice although it's 116 words more than requested. Ho hum.
I received a cheque in the post today from The University of Sydney. It's my $140 prize linked to the Margaret Cramp award for a part time student in English. That's the second time I've won. I previously thought that there must be very few members of the eligible cohort but according to the Federal Government's new web site, My University, more than 40 per cent of the students in the School of Letters and Media study part time. So maybe there were two of us in the running.
I'll take it in honour of Miss Cramp of whom it was written, you will recall, she danced in blue taffeta.
