by Alexandria Blaelock | 5th March 2023 | Friendship, Pleasure
Read an ebook week (2023), runs between Sunday March 5, and Saturday 11th. Read an ebook week was “invented” in 2004 by Canadian Rita Towes and her cat Lola. Her goal was to introduce ereaders to the sceptics, but also to draw attention to little known...
by Alexandria Blaelock | 2nd February 2023 | Friendship, Pleasure
Many of you know I like writing stories about people with ghost best friends… Well, I was recently invited by Shepherd.com to share my favourites. The hard part was narrowing it down to just five! The original request came in for Alma’s Grace, so it was...
by Alexandria Blaelock | 26th October 2021 | Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Time and tide bring to mind the story of King Canute commanding the tide to be still. But tide is also an Old English word, meaning a period of time, such as Yuletide, (good) tidings and (woe) betide for example. Me! photo by Andrew Hopkins By now you know that my...
by Alexandria Blaelock | 11th May 2021 | Pleasure
I recently read an article that suggested stoke survivors have a decreased ability to experience pleasure. As do those with depression, traumatic injuries, and chronic stress. So it made me wonder about the nature of pleasure. Coogee Beach c. 1908 via State Library...
by Alexandria Blaelock | 31st January 2021 | Friendship, Pleasure, Wisdom
Summertime; youth at the prow and pleasure at the helm, image by Tom Carrington. Published in Supplement, The Australasian Sketcher Christmas, 1882 (Alfred Martin Ebsworth). Via State Library Victoria Taking pleasure is largely a matter of choice. Sometimes the things...