A Thank You Note to My Readers I’ve received so many warm wishes and congratulatory notes over the past two years, that I can’t help but feel very grateful. Of course, the reality is that this accomplishment could never have happened … Read More
Night Run To Christmas An excerpt from “Danika and Yatimah from Egypt to the Outback” By Carmel Rowley Part 2 – New Sights As daylight crept over the countryside, Yatimah jumped up in fright as a mob of red kangaroos … Read More
Sunday Quote of the Week “The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” ~Julia Alvarez~
The Christmas Rollercoaster These days, December has turned into a countdown to Christmas! Time for those of us who sell ‘things’ to jump on the ‘great idea for Christmas’ roller coaster. When this enjoyable article arrived from Philip E. Humbert I thought … Read More
Thank you so very much to all the Online Bookstores and Bookshops who sell Carmel Rowley books In Australia www.equitainment.com.au NSW www.equinebookgallery.com VIC Dymocks Bookstore – email- toowoomba@dymocks.com.au Toowoomba QLD The Really Good Bookstore – email -trgbs@optunet.com.au Browns Plains QLD In … Read More
The Tree of Life and The Origin of The Christmas Tree 5000 Years of History I wonder if we all realise the significance behind the Christmas tree. When the Fathers of the Christian Church in AD 340 decided upon an … Read More
For Thursday Art day I’m sharing “Homeward Bound” one of Willa Fraysers www.willafrayserstudio.com lastest works. When Willa asked me to write a few words about the painting I was so thrilled I set it into a card design so it … Read More
I thought it might be nice to begin the week by sharing one of the many reminders pinned to the notice board in my office. So just for today I’ll share … ‘JUST FOR TODAY’- JUST FOR TODAY I will live … Read More
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein Photograph Greg Egan
Why are horseshoes considered lucky? Yesterday when I was bringing the horses up to their stables I came across a horseshoe. Our property has black soil, which is prone to shrinking and expanding quite dramatically, so in dry times the soil shrinks … Read More