Horses, Nature and Inner Peace For me, horses and more importantly nature has the amazing ability to restore my sense of inner peace. Can you remember the last time you immersed yourself in the natural world away from the stress … Read More
Sunday Quote of the Week “Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in … Read More
I was fascinated by this email update from e-chook digital publishing in the USA. www.echook.com Things are happening so fast with Digital Publishing. Imagine having a book printed, bound, trimmed and in your hand in about the time it takes for … Read More
Today we remember the devastating Floods of January 2011. January 10th 2011, we watched in disbelief as the horror of Toowoomba, then the Lockyer Valley unfolded. The good in people shone through and in the words of Breanda Cross, ‘…in … Read More
Fictional Villain versus Real Life. I’m having an interesting time at present working on my ‘villain’. Creating a believable villain for fiction seems to require quite a bit more than throwing together some typically bad traits. It requires a real … Read More
Alfred, Lord Tennyson for Sunday Quote of the Week “For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see. Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be”
When you think that horses have been used domestically for more than 5,000 years it’s no wonder we have so many sayings or idioms that have been passed down through the ages. I would love to know who the first … Read More
It’s an exciting time, the National Year of Reading 2012 is about to be officially launched at the National Library of Australia in Canberra on the 14th February. What a fantastic celebration! If you’re a reader, writer, publisher, book lover, bookologist or … Read More
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Have you ever thought about that? Honestly, I never have so when Phillp Humbert’s -Tips for Extraordinary Living – arrived yesterday I decided I MUST SHARE … Read More
~HAPPY NEW YEAR~ Wishing all our friends in Australia and around the World a New Year full of wondrous possibilities.