She remembered the farm. The sun had bet down on her, she squinted not just to keep the sun out of her eyes but also the dust that blew across the plains. The dust billowed around her with each gust and swirled across her skirt, dancing to its own music as she walked. The hot [...]
Random Act of Kindness Day 1 Sept – RAK Day The Oxford Dictionary defines Kindness as “the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate” – there is no greater gift that you can give someone else than to be kind. In New Zealand on the 1st September ordinary people will be being kind to others, [...]
The tropical fish in my tank swim round and round each day, going over and over the same ground. They never seem to get tired of going over it day after day. I’m re-writing one of my short stories at the moment, picking it apart and putting it back together again. Maybe it’s good to [...]
Writing is peculiar occupation, all your friend’s lives and experiences up for grabs as possible fodder for your writing. You listen and take notes in your head ready to replay them as a story. Needless to say your own life is also food for inspiration … and that’s when you are glad that you changed [...]
Reading has been one of the great pleasures of my life . It’s a passion that can’t be stopped and is always waiting and ready for you. To write what someone else will read is the greatest privilege … so if you are reading this, I’m glad to have you with me. Right now I [...]
Champion Required The Queen of the Golden Queendom Seeks a Hero to Remove the Black Stone from the said Queendom. Must be of Good Repute, Strong of Will, Great of Heart and Strength because only when these things combine will success be granted Successful applicants for the position of Queens Champion Holder of the Royal [...]
Ever wondered what makes art Art? I believe art is what is generated out of the depth of a thinking/feeling/creative self. It is not enough to just to make. The inner urge/thought/feeling/need has to be released, the one that can find no other expression, except as Art.
At the gym today I was doing super slow weights – 10 counts then back for 5 counts. It’s a way of making your muscles stronger by not using momentum to move the weight. It shows where you have weak spots. It hurts like hell too! Sometimes life is like that, we rush so fast [...]
When I was preparing my photographs for the exhibition called ‘Beauty – Capturing the Ephemeral’ I read a lot of books on the portrayal and nature of beauty in art. One amazing book was called Divine Beauty by John O’Donohue which talks of the role of artist to uncover and reveal beauty to the world. [...]
A quick poem rustled up at Writers Inc – Kibbled Rye on a Monday sunshine marinating whisper thin breeze snaking machine making kibbled rye for the apple of my eye.
