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  • A change is as good as a holiday
    A change is as good as a holiday

    The other day I found myself saying a change is as good as a holiday, and then I wondered, is it really?

  • Read an eBook Week 2025
    Read an eBook Week 2025

    Smashwordsโ€™ 16th Annual Read an eBook Week 2025 Super Sale is here!

  • My 3 favorite reads in 2023
    My 3 favorite reads in 2023

    After the success of my last list, I was approached by Shepherd to follow up with my 3 favorite reads in 2023!

  • My Ghost Best Friends Books
    My Ghost Best Friends Books

    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!

  • Time and Tide Wait for No One
    Time and Tide Wait for No One

    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.

  • The Nature of Pleasure
    The Nature of Pleasure

    I recently that stoke survivors have a decreased ability to experience pleasure and it made me wonder about the nature of pleasure.

  • Taking Pleasure Where You Find it
    Taking Pleasure Where You Find it

    Taking pleasure is largely a matter of choice. Sometimes the things that bring you pleasure are the things you have to work for.

  • The Pleasure of Getting Things Done
    The Pleasure of Getting Things Done

    Despite the hope of getting things done, we’re often better at starting than finishing them. Yet by definition, getting things done is all about the finish. Finish: A1. to complete something or come to the end of an activityB1. to eat, drink, or use something completely so that none remains Cambridge Dictionary And there’s the…

  • What, Why, and How of Pleasure
    What, Why, and How of Pleasure

    When times get tough, one of the first expenses cut is pleasure. In the face of all other considerations, it becomes frivolous and wasteful. And yet, without pleasure, life can look and feel very grim.

  • How to Solve the Time Management Mystery
    How to Solve the Time Management Mystery

    I was chatting about the Time Management Mystery with some creative friends the other day. Actually, we were whining about how we have so much to do, and not enough time to do it in. And speculating how some of the creatives we’re inspired by manage their time.

  • Alice ‘mid the Starships
    Alice ‘mid the Starships

    When I first saw this image I was intrigued because it’s a Victorian glass lantern slide titled ” Oh there, ‘mid the starships, Alice, I know a”. And I was really curious about the starships.

  • Books: to keep or not?
    Books: to keep or not?

    Since I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, I keep falling over intense, library voice (whispered) bookish debates about books – to keep or not.

  • Life Is All Too Short
    Life Is All Too Short

    Life is a finite thing. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Sometimes life is all too short, and sometimes it’s way too long.