When luck comes your way You must not waste her company. You must serve her tea and butterfly cakes, Sprinkle her with bon mots, and sing the songs of her childhood. You must take care but carry on as you always did. An honest day of being you. Do not fritter it away like …
When Victoria Lockwood married Charles Spencer, Viscount of Althrop, there was outrage about her dress. It wasn’t a big meringue as was popular at the time, instead, it was a medieval champagne-coloured gown, fashioned from French antique lace and trimmed with Russian sable by an unknown designer at the time called Tomasz Starzewski.With her undone …
I have been thinking about giving up writing because I have no self-control. I was also thinking of getting checked for late on-set ADD. I had to force myself to finish my personal writing work. I would find distractions and excuses everywhere. I would clean the microwave, lose hours on social media, anything to run …
In the morning, my husband makes the bed and opens the blinds. A small thing but it matters. Everything matters really. Those small movements and gestures throughout the day that can save a life. Making my bed once saved my life. Well, that is an overstatement, which I am prone to do, but when I …
Look in the mirror every day and say there are 7.6 billion of me out there. I am nothing special but I am also nothing to sneeze at. Sneeze into your elbow or on your closest enemy. Cure your insomnia by intricately planning the death of your enemy. Stay present when someone is dying, because …
What happens when someone stops feeding their blog and it dies, much like a Tamagotchi from the 1980’s? Perhaps it’s ghost stays online forever, particularly if it’s on the old Blogger or Blogspot platform. Or some are eaten by another blog, new ideas and new ventures, and some, those whose parent no longer want to …
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde When I\’m not writing my books or writing business proposals for large companies, I help an international concierge manage the playtime for people with money. These are people who don\’t have budgets for holidays. They just say where they want to go, for …
For those who are book lovers, letting go of books is somewhat of a Sophie\’s Choice. However, you would be surprised by how many books you could let go of, if you\’re brave enough, and besides, you will now have room for more books. Depending on how you organise your bookshelves, and that is entirely …
I stumbled across images of old Mills and Boon novels and they reminded me of my Nan and op-shops and my childhood. (My mum had most of these hairstyles through the 70’s.) Here are some classic’s with my take on what the books are about. Bingo caller, Nigel Turnip, has always enjoyed a 69 and …
Up early to claim the day. Breakfast at Plain Sailing in Elwood which was delicious. Drop off shirts to be ironed by the ironing man, who is a drag queen by night, (Edna Turnblad did it first) because I hate ironing and he irons them so quickly and perfectly. Head to Bunnings to buy planting …