Crikey Cadel – Congratulations! What a fantastic start to the week! An historic victory for Cadel Evans being the first Australian to win the Tour de France. Marrying into a family with an illustrious history in cycling it was inevitable … Read More
A little belated but worth blogging for those who don’t know. From The Independant News UK… www.independent.co.uk Gimcrack painting fetches £22.4m at auction By Rob Hastings Wednesday, 6 July 2011 Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with … Read More
I have to admit, choosing names for the characters in my books can sometimes be terribly difficult… To solve the problem I am holding ***A FUN COMPETITION*** ** BE IMMORTALISED ** HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED AFTER YOU IN BOOK … Read More
Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, – but it returneth! Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) British Poet Her daughter may have … Read More
It’s blog ‘reader of the month’ time and for July I thank Robyn Butson an enthusiastic reader and fellow writer. Robyn is an inspiration to us all. She is writing a book on Crabbet horses in Australia and breeds Arabians … Read More
Product of the Week from www.equitainment.com.au I have just received this update from equitainment.com.au. I fondly remember the Magic Pudding stories, this DVD looks so much fun for the kids and the kids at heart… Magic Pudding, The – DVD … Read More
A brain teaser from www.braingle.com some fun on this freezing, windy winters day… The Braingle.com Brain Teaser of the Day Opposites Attract These seemingly “nonsense” words have pairs of opposites in them. For example: lshoorntg would be “Long /Short” (LshOorNtG). … Read More
For Sunday Quote of the week we ponder faith, hope and the importance of our dreams… No vision and you perish; No ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some … Read More
There’s a TV movie titled ‘Mystery Woman’ about a woman who inherits a bookstore. She is an avid murder-mystery fan who uses her extensive knowledge of murder-mystery books to assist her in her amateur sleuthing. The reason I mention this … Read More
While watching my latest favourite program ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ on Sunday night I thought the scheming ladies maid O’Brien reminded me of someone. It finally came to me, her character reminded me of Mrs Danvers from Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’. Certainly … Read More