25 Books for Christmas, The List, Gift Ideas #GiftIdeas #FeedYourKindle

Are you in need of a gift idea for a child, a captivating YA or Sci-Fi for your teen, a romance or a Rom-com, a humorous book, poetry or memoir, a captivating historical novel, crime, contemporary fiction or maybe psychological horror?

24/10/201917/10/2021

Russet Leaves and Sweet Pears in Autumn

autumn russet and a pear @PatFurstenberg

You know that feeling, that sentiment that russet leaves and sweet pears give you in Autumn?

He didn’t care that the leaves had turned. All he cared about was his friend, missing.
School had started.
So he let himself drop among the russet, carmine and maroon leaves, and became one with Autumn.

15/10/201929/04/2022

Looking UP: in Mamaia and Constanta, by the Black Sea #Im4Ro

While holidaying in Mamaia, near Constanta, at the Black Sea one August we booked a tour in a double-decked bus. Just as spectacular as Sighisoara, Brasov or Bucharest, here are some of the sights we spotted while looking up…

24/09/201917/10/2021

Celebrating South Africa and its Heritage Day through Pictures

Here, in South Africa, it is the blend of our Rainbow Nation, of our diverse cultures, beliefs and traditions that we celebrate on the 24th of September, on Heritage Day. (Updated 22 August 2021)

07/08/201905/01/2022

5 Remarkable Places You Will Want to Visit After Reading Silent Heroes, When Love and Values Are Worth Fighting for

Only five places to want to visit after reading a book such as Silent Heroes?

Whenever I read a book depicting real locations, actual places I can find on a map, a novel in which genuine artwork is described, and tangible, concrete buildings I know I can also visit are part of its setting, I tend to be more immersed in its story-line. The storytelling becomes more credible and, if by chance or choice, I visit those place I find myself immersed in that particular book again and, often, I pick it up and read it again.