Words to Make You Think
Things to do today. Get up when you can. Survive the day. Return to bed.
Dowsing
Locating anything underground, whether buried utilities, metal, or even water, is a complex task. While today’s utility locating involves using sophisticated equipment, locating underground objects has a long history. The ancient technique of using dowsing rods to find underground objects is still used by some today. But how do people use them, and is it possible that they could work? Dowsing, or water witching, refers to the act of using two L-shaped instruments, e.g. Hazel twigs, one held in each hand, in an attempt to discover the position of something underground. That something can range from water to underground utilities,…
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A Cat’s Eye View of Possession
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Funny Facts
Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons. Why would they need them?
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Guest Blog by P.J. Rosco
Ten tips I wish I’d known when starting on this writing journey! 1) Book covers ARE important!! I really wanted to believe in the early days that people wouldn’t judge a book by its cover – but they did and still do! I thought I was being clever with minimal book covers for my first book, Echoes. Don’t get me wrong, the artwork had meaning and I didn’t have the money to invest and I loved the artwork a friend had done for me. – Judges loved the story and I won 3 awards – but readers did not even…
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What do you know about Doppelgängers?
There is roughly 0.11 percent chance of any given person in the world having a “Doppelgänger.” A doppelgänger is an exact double of a living person. It’s a German word that literally translates to “double walker” or “double goer”. A doppelgäanger isn’t someone who just looks like you, but is an exact double, right down to the way you walk, act, talk, and dress. The idea of the existence of a spirit double is an ancient and widespread belief. To meet one’s double apparently is a sign of your imminent death! This theme has taken on great complexity in stories…
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Words to Make You Think
It can be quite amusing listening to someone’s lies when you already know the truth.
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A DOG’S-EYE VIEW OF POSSESSION
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Truth behind the Nursery Rhymes we grew up with.
Doctor Foster Went to GloucesterIn a shower of rainHe stepped in a puddleRight up to his middleAnd never went there again The origins to this rhyme may date back more than 700 years to the time of King Edward I. Edward was known to be a powerful man, over six feet tall, but he was also recognised as a learned man and hence one of his nicknames was Dr Foster. Why the name ‘Foster’ isn’t adequately explained anywhere. The story tells us Edward was visiting Gloucester due to the town’s strategic position. He arrived during a storm and mistook a…
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Wordsearch
We have wordsearch puzzles based on each of our books free to download from a link on the Freebies page of our website. Check them out here Here is one of them to start you off!
