Checks and balances

by | Jan 16, 2016 | 9 comments

I recently read a young adult’s book, Making Bombs for Hitler. (It was in a selection of books that Good Reading Magazine asked me to review.) It was about a nine year old girl who was taken from the Ukraine by the Nazis and sent to a labour camp. No, she...

New year?

by | Jan 2, 2016 | 2 comments

It’s 2016. How did that happen? Where did the year go? I wasn’t finished with it yet; there were still so many things I was going to get done “before Christmas”. Then it was “before the new year”. Now it’ll have to be...

Try a little kindness

by | Dec 23, 2015 | 2 comments

It’s almost Christmas Day. The tree is up and glowing. The front yard is slathered in Christmas lights. The turkey is thawing and the chicken will arrive in the grocery order tomorrow. Mince pies are in the cupboard. Presents are ready to be wrapped. This is the...

Don’t be afraid.

by | Dec 12, 2015 | 1 comment

I have recently attended two writers’ groups’ end of year gatherings. In the first group there were just under twenty people, which is pretty good considering we met at the uncivilised time of 9.30am. (I had to leave the house an hour before I usually get...

Hero?

by | Dec 5, 2015 | 2 comments

I’m baaaa-aaack! Did anyone miss me? Anyone notice I was gone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? SO, it’s 8.14 and I’ve got ten minutes to write a blog before going to a writers’ gathering an hour away from home. (Personally, I can’t understand...