I wrote this originally for my youngest child. She has never been difficult, not as a baby, a teenager or as an adult. I always felt truly blessed because the pregnancy and birth were traumatic. Yet I knew the moment she arrived everything would be as it should be. To me she has been the […]
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Love, poetry and ideas that inspire
Looking through some previous work I came across some things I had written regarding genre. I wanted to reassess what motivates me and so I went searching. We need to do this from time to time as a reminder of what we set out to do. I love the different worlds books offer us, but […]
Continue readingIl Volo and a little bit of Italy
I am totally in love with the Sicilian group, Il Volo. The truth is I love anything Italian but these voices are magnificent, individually unique and yet they blend perfectly. You will find I will choose Il Volo often because of the emotion they are able to express so beautifully. Someone suggested I translate the […]
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This has been one of my favourite songs for a long time, and though an old song, the message is powerful. I love the sentiments expressed, the desperation for an opportunity we let slip away. One hour, just one hour, to say all the things that should have been said. How many of us would […]
Continue readingSTATS SHOW TWO Million posts published every day. Help me beat the odds by reading this!
Can you believe those statistics? Competition like that can have you giving up or it can liberate you to do your own thing. After all you have nothing to lose. So I choose to be liberated. I choose random ramblings that connect us to life. With an Italian background Roman history has always been an […]
Continue readingFinding the right voice
Don’t be frightened by the length this post. I am enclosing an extract from my book. I am so excited to hear what you have to say. By now you would be aware I read random articles and then blog. I don’t have a pattern because I like the challenge of new things. This post […]
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