Writing is my solace, that place to go to when everything is difficult, or easy, or sad, or happy, or with longing, with motivation - you get the gist. My Soaps&Sagas Substack has given me an audience, friends, and a community. I love it!  When I need a break from editing, filming, or simply just looking at images, I can turn to my other passion.

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Scatter-Stories is a homage to the special people who come into my life, objects, and spaces which inspire me to create and scatter the joy.
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Scrapbooking can help you record and bring your ancestors to life. Jeanne Pope talks about how she's used scrapbooking both digitally and physically to tell her own family history stories and those of people she has never met. Find out more about Philadephia, Henry Austen's cook, who is buried near him in Woodbury Park Cemetery in Tunbridge Wells.  Plus tips on how to get started with making your own family history scrapbooks, where to buy papers and embellishments, and more. 

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I lived and worked in Qingdao, China, in the Beijing Film Academy teaching undergraduates. These short essays form my first impressions and the daily life lived in those first years I was there. ​Click image or here to read

This is one of my favourite films by the late Shahin Parhami - شاهین پرهامی‎. Amnesia. 
Read the full article here and discover Shahin's talent.

I was Invited to write about my experiences in China for the magazine, Henpicked
This story, Take a chance on life, is also in honour of my father, Marius Pope, the person who influenced me so much throughout my life