by Admin | Mar 3, 2012 | college, creativity, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, literary agent, meditation, Sharpeville massacre
Here is a progress report (as promised) on the process of getting a book to the market place if you have not been scared off by all the negative information on the demise of the publishing industry as we know it. Ebooks are the rage, but as I blogged previously,...
by Admin | Jan 30, 2012 | apartheid, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, Leela's Gift, literary agent, reconciliation, Sharpeville massacre
July 1960[1] Plettenberg Bay On the way to Jan Smuts Airport for my flight to Port Elizabeth, we park the Jag at the entrance to the Rivonia Police Station. The parking lot is mostly unoccupied early on this chilly winter morning on the Highveld. My breath...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2011 | creativity, meditation
The title words of today’s post are by Anglo-American poet T.S. Eliot in his famous Four Quartets. Last weekend on a glorious fall day I was in our nation’s capital. The area around the mall is indeed living proof of Eliot’s idea that “Time...
by Admin | May 20, 2011 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
“If only there was a cure for unhappiness.” The other day someone spoke those words to me accompanied by a heartfelt sigh. Unhappiness is a burden we carry at times and it can be debilitating. Is there a cure? It is easier to contemplate the idea that we cause much of...
by Admin | May 30, 2010 | Children, fiction, Leela's Gift, meditation
Below you will find a photo of peonies that bloomed in my garden this morning. For some reason this is a once in three years occurrence so I greet each bloom with excitement. They are among the most beautiful peonies I have seen, and the scent is intoxicating. I have...
