This Month’s Free Short Story
September’s free short story sees a return to mystery with Alan Ackerman is still missing. It’s free on this website for the next month. Not your cup of tea? ...
Life Altering Experiences
I’d planned a different post, but life, and life altering experiences, have caught up with me. In particular, I haven’t shaped or trimmed my fingernails for a while, and recently ...
The Phantom Chicken
Haley Joel Osment may have been able to see dead people, (The Sixth Sense), but seemingly, I see a chicken that isn’t there.
A Tale of Two Stones
According to popular wisdom, rolling stones gather no moss. In the ancient days, the saying signified someone shifltless, who avoided their responsibilites. Perhaps a vagrant with no family ties.
Making Space
I’m not getting rid of my house, husband or dog. The change I’m looking for is simply making space. I’m sure I’m not the only one who looks back on ...
Failure is NOT an Option
The last couple of months have been so brutal I’ve come close to admitting failure. So brutal I’m not going to mention them. (Aside from saying my health is ...
Tidying the Garden
With a spot of sunny weather, and an empty skip replacing the full one, we spent a littel time tidying the garden. And ended with a daffodil on my desk ...
Life Worth Living Project, Friendship, Wealth
Change is Good or Better
A change of wind. The Australasian Sketcher February 11, 1882 by Alfred May & Alfred Martin Ebsworth, via State Library Victoria As it turns out June 2023 sucked. It sucked ...
Utter Chaos
Photo by Motoki Tonn on Unsplash There’s a saying, or perhaps it’s a proverb or idiom about planning. I know it as When man plans the devil laughs… But I’ve ...
Three Types of Beauty
Photo by Mateusz Raczynski on Unsplash According to my loosey-goosey blog schedule, today’s post is supposed to be about Beauty, but I really have very little idea what to write ...
The Quest for Peace
A quest for peace often sends you away. Sometimes to a forest or jungle retreat, sometimes to a spa, and sometimes to a city depending on the kind of peace ...
Read an Ebook Week 2023
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 ...
Pleasure, Friendship, Haiku, Wisdom
Expectation
Expectation is a way of thinking about the future. You’re expecting a particular outcome from the actions you’re taking. Maybe you’re following a recipe expecting for a delicious meal. Or ...
Alexandria’s Adventure in Leather Soled Shoes
Inspired by a conversion with Toseland (the cobbler) I decided to give leather soled shoes another try. The weather we’ve been having (four seasons in a day) hasn’t been the ...
Wisdom, Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure
What’s a Good Book Like?
I’ve been reading a lot about book marketing and branding lately, asking the question, what’t a good book like? I even asked friends and colleagues, “how does a book make ...
Life Worth Living Project, Beauty, Friendship, Wealth, Wisdom
More Morning Routine
I’m not sure whether it’s because this is already an unusual year, but I’ve been thinking about more about my morning routine. Perhaps because there’s been so little else to ...
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 ...
The Cairn at the Dog Park
I noticed this cairn at the dog park today… I don’t know who left it. Or how many people added to it, or why it’s there, or in fact, anything ...
Agatha Christie
I’ve been watching Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen, in which Dr Lucy Worsley OBE tells us that Mrs Christie is not the person we all thought she ...
I’m Not Ready!
Happy Holidays 2022!
Lack of Focus
Recently, I’ve been feeling a lack of focus, so I read Stolen Focus, by Johann Hari. And judging by the wait list at the library, I’m not the only one ...
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
The Smell of Wood Smoke
The other day, a rare for this year sunny day, we took Clever girl for one of our longer weekend walks around the neighbourhood. There was a beautiful blue sky, ...
Boundaries
I live on the edge of a creek that has no boundaries. We decided to fence it off partly because Clever Girl has shown more of an interest in getting ...
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Christmas is coming
I saw my first Christmas decorations recently, and I suddenly realised Christmas is coming. It came as quite a surprise – even though I’ve just done my quarterly plan, (or ...