5 Incredible Animals Friendships Now as Story Books

If we needed more proof that animals feel empathy, these five incredible friendships between animals are the living proof and sure to melt your heart, do enjoy their story books with your child.

11/06/202008/10/2023

Past and Present Monsters of Folk Tales

Fairy tales and folklore are abundant in stories about beasts and are wide spread in cultures all over the world, depicting the past and sometimes the present by the use of monsters that, thus, have entered history through the secret door of folk tales….

05/06/202017/10/2021

Therapy through Books. Bibliotherapy. Reading to stay Happy

I turned to books and reading, as well as writing, many times over in my life, yet only lately have I thought about the idea of therapy through books and reading to stay happy.

Yet I am not the only one, nor am I the first, as since ancient times people have noticed the amazing healing power of art. As if by magic, negative emotions, whoosh, evaporate to be replaced with a state of peace and harmony.

Catharsis. Coined by Aristotle in Poetics to describe the effects of tragedy on the spectator, that of freeing the soul from suffering.

03/06/202017/10/2021

On Dirty Dancing, The Singing Butler & Writing, Guest Post for ‘Swirl and Thread’

It was a chat about a certain painting that led to ‘On Dirty Dancing, The Singing Butler and Writing‘ Guest Post I had the pleasure of writing for lovely Mairéad blogging at ‘Swirl and Thread.’

01/06/202017/10/2021

Pairing Books with Chocolate

We’ve had a lovely summer here, with long and beautiful days and evenings ideal to read under the shade of a tree while enjoying a little treat, thus pairing books with chocolate sprang to life from the pages of many novels.