I’m really excited to tell you that my new novel is now available on Amazon. It is really thrilling for me to be able to share this story with you. Those who have read it so far have really enjoyed it. Here is a short summary.
North to Alaska is on TV again and once more there is the lovely Capucine. For me, when I was growing up, she the epitomized all that was French and all that one aspired to be in terms of looks and grace. Capucine was a Golden Globe-nominated French actress and fashion model best known for her role…
This is her signature tune. She co-wrote it with Marguerite Monnot, the composer. According to the story, it was published under someone else’s name only because he was licensed to publish and Piaf was not. For me, this the most perfect love song and it is ageless.
In the darkness Drums are beating Telling of a ancient wrong Do you hear them Oh my Sister? Can you sing Old sorrow’s song? Did your Mother Tell the story As you sat beside her hearth? Did your Father Tell your Brother As they trod the forest path? Song of sorrow Song of history…
Amergin, Bard of the Milesians, lays claim to the Land of Ireland I am a stag: of seven tines, I am a flood: across a plain, I am a wind: on a deep lake, I am a tear: the Sun lets fall, I am a hawk: above the cliff, I am a thorn: beneath the…
We all know Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice has a mysterious attraction for women. It has been pondered on for years and by many! But is the same thing true of Sherlock Homes?
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Look within yourself and see the silence of eternity –
I’ve always loved Ivor Novello eand I’ve always loved Lilacs. We’ll gather Lilacs in the Spring again…!
Scylla’s pain was so great she rooted to the spot. In her distress she started to strike out destroying everything that came near her. Whenever a ship passed by, each of her heads would seize one of the crew.
2011 year marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Marie Curie was ahead of her time, emancipated, independent, and incorruptible. Who better to inspire us on International Women’s Day
Happiness (and health) comes from keeping a balance between body, mind and spirit! Simple awareness and awe of a cosmos that, in human terms, is eternal. Pus a love for the creation alive on this Mother Earth to which we all belong.!
Melusine is a water fairy in European folklore – a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers. She is usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down – a kind of mermaid.
Best viewed after heavy rain the river rushes down from the mountains through tree-hung, rocky chasms. Jagged rocks and crags divide the stream into a number of foaming cascades which tumble headlong over boulders between richly wooded banks.
n the book, The Bird of Night, the painting is a great soIurce of interest for poor, mad Frances who thinks he understands the painter’s intent! If you study the painting for a while it becomes haunting and, for me, so was this book!
The Writing Wolf 