is paved with good intentions
Last weekend, we had another of our creative days and made candles. This time around, it was my mum, my mother-in-law, my daughter and her friend, and a colleague from work and her daughter. We ended up with four adults and three thirteen-year-old girls (or almost, my daughter turns 13 in June). Although I wasn’t…
Man, you know it’s a good book when you care enough about the characters to cry when they’re hurting. This book made me cry. More than once. And I couldn’t put it down. I was up until after midnight last night, my husband fast asleep beside me, and I couldn’t stop reading. Thank god I…
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He wraps himself in buzzwords like resilience and hustle, but I have to wonder if they bring comfort to an empty life.
Originally posted on Jess of Earth:
April 6th 2018 Progress > Perfection The concept of perfection is overwhelming. What deems something perfect? Why is it so important to be perfect? Why do I even want to be perfect? I ask myself these questions quite often when I hold myself back from things. Perfectionism is a…
Spices explode across my tongue, melding with the warm flush of alcohol… A long exhale, eyes at half mast, head tilted in a relaxed lean. And my brain is baffled by the contradiction of the icy chilled liquid and the heat it generates.
Twelve birds perched on the power line, twittering over news that used to be secrets, teetering on the edge of gossip and scandal.
This is a Cinderella story, where a fan catches the attention of a movie star when she tells him in a tweet that his last movie wasn’t up to par. Chase knew that his last movie wasn’t good enough, but everyone around him kept telling him how amazing he was. Only Zoe had the courage to tell…
Pure Healing is the first book in a series called Pure/Dark Ones. So far there are five books in the series, although only the first two have been published so far. This book reminds me very strongly of the Immortal Guardians series by Dianne Duvall and also the Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian. But…
Driving home, I saw someone dancing, waiting for the green light to cross, and although I couldn’t tell if they were male or female (maybe they weren’t), it made me smile.
Do you ever face the dilemma of whether you should take photographs or just put the camera down and join in the fun? This is a tricky one for me. I’ve talked before about how my passion is to capture memories, and this makes it hard for me to accept that a moment won’t be recorded. Not all…
