Last month I read “The Gift” by Alison Croggon. It’s a young adult novel, but detailed and interesting enough for any age (and shelved in the adult section in our city libraries) – the author has created a whole history for the lands she sets her stories in, like The Lord of the Rings backstory, … Continue reading A different world
I’ve heard about Al Fox/Carraway – a woman who joined the LDS church several years ago, and was famous either because she had heaps of tatoos, or some other reason. I don’t go for the famous and popular in the Church (or elsewhere, really) but today when I looked at her blog, I just liked … Continue reading Change and overcoming (wisdom from Al Fox)
Every so often I have flashes of inspiration, where I get to feel quite different than I usually do about things. I have feelings of generous charity and enlightenedness, and things become clear for a little while. A few moments, usually! But when I write down what I think in those moments, there’s insight that … Continue reading Insights
I finally went to see the new “Cinderella” movie the other day (now a few weeks ago). I have a secret (or maybe not-so-secret) love of fairytales, happy endings, magic and beautiful ball dresses. And the movie was everything people have been saying it is – innocent, lovely, bright and poignant. The colours were great, … Continue reading Courage, kindness, joyful womanhood and Cinderella
The Neal A Maxwell Quote Book is one of my favourite books on my bookshelf. It’s full of quotes from an extremely intelligent and loving apostle in our church who passed away several years ago. One night, I was reading from this book and came upon this: Righteous desires need to be relentless, therefore, because, … Continue reading The Battle
Peaceable Treasures 