Tweet I’ll be the first to admit that I am far from fashion conscious. I don’t keep up with what’s happening on the international catwalks, I certainly can’t name more than a ...
Tweet “The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, se...
I am certain you have all heard the story of Pollyanna. Perhaps the most optimistic literary character of all, she had a little thing she called the “Glad Game.” More of an attitude than ...
This isn’t much of a post, and for that I apologise, however, I am still in the midst of moving house, so everything is still just a little crazy around here. I hadn’t intended to post an...
I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly,...
Let me begin by saying this: I love to write. I adore it. But sometimes there are days when the words just won’t come (if you like to write, you’ll know well enough that words can be awfu...
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. – (George Eliot) First of all, Happy June! I’m a little s...
There are many times I have been made to feel childish or “a bit young for my age”, based solely on my interests and the things I like. But to me, and I’m sure you’d agree, be...
Whenever Nicholas Sparks releases a new book, I am usually pretty quick to buy myself a copy and finish it off in a single sitting. But whether it was due to a lack of funds, or what, I can’t r...
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.”...
The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it i...
I normally shy away from sharing personal aspects of my life on my public blog, but I want to make an exception here, as my boyfriend proposed to me on Saturday afternoon!!! I think this counts as li...
Ever since I was around seventeen years old, I have been passionate about photography. Of course, back then, all I had was an old camera that my parents had passed on to me. It was nothing fancy, so ...
This book sat on my bookshelf for many, many months before I found the time to pick it up and begin reading it. Wildflower Hill is the story of two women; Beattie Blaxland and Emma Blaxland-Hunter, t...
“You are not accidental. Existence needs you. Without you, something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. That’s what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. The...
I enjoy magazines just as much as the next girl, but I must confess there are times when I feel like I parted with my precious pennies only for something lacking substance and quality, something I wi...
But I am not of royalty, you may be thinking, neither am I spoiled or pampered. But what does this matter? In my mind, a true princess is neither of these things. A true princess is a girl quite the ...
I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain. I am very much in l...
“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein Wise words spoken by a wise man, an...
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