THE FULL STORY
I am an American-Australian. Mr P and I moved to Tasmania in 1988 for a three year job from America but never went back. We are now citizens and have no plans of returning to the States. America is not the country I grew up in anymore.
The Penguin was born when I began blogging when I first started collecting vintage Penguin books in 2010. For several years it was all about those books published from 1935 – 1970. I lived and breathed learning about Penguin publishers history, collected them from four continents and had a library of approx. 3000 books.
As time went on though and age began creeping in, the library was sold. The only Penguin set I have now are a series of books from the vintage Penguin Travel Library published after 1970 and some anniversary boxed sets.
It is now 2025 and a lot has changed in the world and I still have an extensive library. I am also passionate about photography, nature, animals, art and travel. While travel hasn’t been as consistent lately I am still interested in getting out and about.
I spent 15 years motorbiking but now my reflexes are not as good and traffic has become too wild. 15 years without an accident was enough.
I am now very much into photography and have been in photo clubs for the past 9 years. Learning Adobe products, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop have kept my brain active as well as all my books.
I am now in my 70s and as I love to say…am in the last quarter of this game we call life.
I’m pretty much just ambling through older age by continuing reading, doing a great deal of photography, walking, travelling , gyming it and caring for animals. I hope you’ll join me.
Travellin' Penguin 