This Adult Coloring Thing
Three of the top ten books on Amazon’s best selling list are adult coloring books. I am not sure whether to be appalled at the dumbing down of the American intellect or amused at our attempts to escape the stress...
Monthly Archive: January 2016
A Walk in the Somme by Malcolm Gough
A hundred years since World War One…. My current view that history is more effectively understood the more you can see it through the eyes of the participants, is put to the test on a bleak winter’s day as I...
Suspend Your Inner Critic by Holly Rizzuto Palker
A snow day gives us all a break. Join blogger Holly Rizzuto Palker as she considers a jump ! Please click here to read : SUSPEND YOUR INNER CRITIC Holly is a blogger and freelance writer. You can follow...
Book Review : Cormoran Strike Novels by Robert Galbraith
Hundreds and hundreds of books are hyped every day. We are very spoiled for choice, hence my love for a good book review. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith would probably not have made it to my bedside table had...
You Can’t Parent Happy
Welcome to the age of parenting in a world that is supercharged with agendas, celebrates success regardless of merit and fast tracks early front runners, deserving or not. My friends and I lament the state we find ourselves in. We...
Book Reviews: Chicken – Self Portrait of a Young Man for Rent
Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by David Henry Sterry Here is an insightful review by friend and fabulous blogger, Holly Rizzuto Palker . You can read her Bio here. –oOo–
A Big, Bold Blessing Bag Plan
Synchronicity (what a beautiful word) is the extraordinary concept of the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that can’t be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer. CNN recently covered it...
El Niño Simplified
We have heard much about El Niño recently – the much maligned phenomenon responsible for some record warm Christmases from New York to Atlanta on the US East coast. “El Niño is wreaking havoc with our weather” is an ice-breaker...
Cutting out the Chaos of Cooking Dinner by Phyllis Miller
These days it is difficult for any mother, working out of the home or not, to keep a level of sanity at dinner time. Our lives, and that of our families are often so scheduled and we rush out like...
