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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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Take 5 – High School Musical
The tunes from around the turn of the millennium that symbolised teenage-hood.
Martyn Foster
Oct 20, 20203 min read
Take 5 – Thought-provoking
Because life is dull without a little stimulation.
Martyn Foster
Oct 13, 20203 min read
Take 5 – Languages
A delicatessen of dialects for a citizen of the world.
Martyn Foster
Oct 6, 20203 min read
My love-hate relationship with cricket
A personal story of a man struggling to love his childhood obsession.
Martyn Foster
Sep 18, 20204 min read
Reading, writing and reflection – 6-month anniversary of my website
I made a goal to write something at least once a week for six months and today I’ve reached that goal.
Martyn Foster
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Take 5 – A good read
The quality of what you read has an impact on you.
Martyn Foster
Sep 8, 20203 min read
I am your father – A Father’s Day special
This Sunday we celebrate the value and importance of our fathers.
Martyn Foster
Sep 4, 20202 min read
As time goes by – Time flies whether you are having fun or not
As the sand in the hourglass trickles down at a constant rate, how do you approach life?
Martyn Foster
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Take 5 – Places I’ve never been
A COVID travel fantasy.
Martyn Foster
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Great Expectations – Finding the light or melting in the sun?
Expectations can guide and motivate us in the right direction, but also burn us under their searing heat.
Martyn Foster
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Who is interested? – Doing it for you or for others
Ideally, you’d align the two, but sometimes you must go it alone.
Martyn Foster
Aug 7, 20202 min read
The premier Premier – In praise of Mark McGowan
The WA Labor leader has helped make our state one of the best places to be.
Martyn Foster
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Take 5 - Margaret River Wineries
It’s the perfect time for a Cabernet Sauvignon.
Martyn Foster
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Special post for a special person – Happy birthday to the greatest woman I know
And no, it is not the Queen.
Martyn Foster
Jul 17, 20201 min read
In praise of the quiet life: Why the cost of sanity in this society is a certain level of alienation
A truly rich life may be one that is a little poorer and little more obscure.
Martyn Foster
Jul 10, 20203 min read
Celebrating the ordinary life – It’s okay to not be exceptional
The majority of people are destined for what approximates an average life, by definition, and we need to learn that this is okay...
Martyn Foster
Jun 26, 20203 min read
The Last of Us: Part II – We did “Endure & Survive”, now what awaits us?
The highly anticipated sequel to the much acclaimed video game by developer Naughty Dog, “The Last of Us”, is finally out today.
Martyn Foster
Jun 18, 20203 min read
Party like it’s 1989 - A throwback to what was going on the year I was born
“Marty! We have to go back!”
I like reflecting, I like looking back, it reminds me of where I’ve come from to get to where I am now.
Martyn Foster
Jun 5, 20204 min read
Write as if no one will read it – Pseudo-advice or a stroke of counterintuitive genius?
We’re always told to dance as if no one is looking, sing as if no one is listening, have sex as if no one is watching…
Martyn Foster
May 15, 20203 min read
Another year older, another year wiser? – Revelations on turning 31
As we celebrate the anniversary of my birth 31 winters ago, winter is coming and a dark cloud hangs overhead to subdue festivities…
Martyn Foster
May 8, 20203 min read
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