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Social media is no longer the place for me to express a thoughtful opinion , recount an anecdote , share some history or some photographs ; it has become as casting pearls before swine in many respects ! My interests and life experiences are many and creative writing being my preferred means of artistic expression . I am looking forward to sharing with readers both in English and Spanish some of my musings which residents and visitors to the Bay islands might find of interest or amusement , or even thought provoking ( lets hope ! )

Welcome to my Blog !       

— M J Harper

Matthew Harper has lived in the Bay Islands of Honduras for most of his adult life, having grown up in South Africa and finishing his education in England.

A former student of English Literature and a voracious reader, partial to the works of Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway, James Hamilton Patterson, James Joyce, and Guy de Maupassant, Matthew has always enjoyed writing and contributed several articles to the Bay Islands Voice magazine, but never published until his first book, A Handful of Seashells (February 2022).

He is currently working on his second book, an account of British history in the Bay Islands and the Moskitia. 

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