Suicide isn’t painless

by | Aug 16, 2014 | 4 comments

‘Cause suicide is painless. It brings on many changes. And I can take or leave it if I please.’ J. Mandel, “Suicide is Painless: theme for TV show, MASH. I wasn’t going to jump on the Robin Williams’ bandwagon but then I figured, why not?...

Be of good cheer

by | Aug 9, 2014 | 4 comments

I’m sitting here staring at the computer screen, trying to think of something “light” to write about…or something “inspirational”…or “encouraging”… Oh, you know what I mean. I tell myself that as an author I...

Dwarves are real

by | Aug 2, 2014 | 4 comments

I remember, quite clearly, the day I knew that magic, fairy tales and fairy creatures were real. I was 5 years old and my mother took me to see a stage production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It must have been a birthday present (my birthday is at the end of...

How to treat others…

by | Jul 26, 2014 | 2 comments

I read this quote on Facebook: Being a good neighbour is treating someone like a brother or a sister. At first reading it sounds great. I congratulated the young man on his wisdom and thought he’d come up with a very nice variation on the original saying: Treat...

Those first books…

by | Jul 19, 2014 | 2 comments

I wonder if the books we get read to us when we’re very young, and which we first read when we’re able to do it for ourselves, set the “preferred genre” button in our brains. I’ve always loved fairy stories, myths and legends and the more...