The inspiration behind my best campfire scary story — “The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window,” I began reciting my scary story to the group of friends, sitting around the campfire with me. We are camping for the weekend in the national park, where we have been…

Her weakness would be her demise — I watch her as she breaks, devastated And there it is, during this difficult time, An innate ability to understand who she is And what it is that makes her a paradigm. I love her heart, that wonderful goodness No that’s not true, it’s a beautiful heart, But one that has been…

I hold you in my heart and in my soul — You were ripped from this life Torn unexpectedly from me, Gone from this physical world My life was left with painful debris. I feel I also lost a part of me Now that you’re here no more, A large part of my existence Lies with a heart terribly sore. But…

You’ll soon learn she cannot be destroyed — Try my friend, go ahead do your absolute best Before you do there’s things you should know, Listen very carefully, before you do attack her Fling that mud but make sure it’s a good throw. I don’t think you realise just how tough she is She has been built to take…

Taught to me by my beautiful inner child — My life lessons have been made up of a series of mistakes It’s the hardest, quickest way to learn, I’m sure you’ll agree, And I’ve no doubt that the rest of my life will see many more Mistakes, errors that will surely teach me all I need for free. My…

A short review of each — I love that live theatre and music is back and I’ve had so many tickets I’ve been holding onto for almost three years. Three of these productions performed just in the last week alone. I was hesitant to attend because my son gets married on the 25 June 2022 and…

Great adventure, good food and fantastic mates — Wahoo, it’s summer! Well I’ll let you in on a little secret, it is not currently summer. It’s my winter and I’m freezing my butt off. So I’m going to tell you what I would do today — if it was actually summer in my part of the world. Summer…

Twenty years after I did the crime, I paid with what was mine — I remember being a horrid kid when I was young. I often cringe at my memories and now I have a little boy of my own, I remember those times more often. Was it normal childhood behaviour — I think not! What could I have done so terrible, I hear…

Marked at birth — It is a beautiful sunny Friday morning, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and the pure white clouds in the sky are billowing. It’s the day that a tiny baby girl is born into the world. …