Words to Make You Think
Christmas only lasts one day, but let the love and good wishes it brings stay with you always.
Christmas only lasts one day, but let the love and good wishes it brings stay with you always.
Creatures of all kinds deserve to enjoy Christmas just as much as we do. Enjoy a wonderful time together!
If you don’t like the road you’re following, find another one.
It will soon be Halloween everyone. I’m sure my book character ‘Gertie’ will enjoy this important day in all witches calendars! Though we celebrate Halloween on 31st October each year, do you know why? Well, here is a brief explanation! Halloween seems to have its roots in the Celtic celebration of Samhain, the last day of the Celtic calendar. Samhain was a Pagan harvest festival celebrated by huge sacred bonfires in honour of the dead, marking the end of the Celtic year and the beginning of a new one. Fire often symbolised the power of the sun,…
In Unlucky For Some you will find a compilation of thirteen macabre short Twist in the Tale offerings guaranteed to chill your soul and take you to dangerous places you really shouldn’t go alone. You will be transported back to the 1800s to contact your dearly departed, into Out of the Body Experiences at your own risk, and through a recurring dream that might, or might not, be your actual reality. These are but a few of the thirteen scary life changing happenings you will experience between the covers of ‘Unlucky For Some’. The diverse tales all vary, one from…
Do you know why we put the clocks forwards and backwards by an hour during the year? In the UK, Daylight Saving Time came into use in 1916, due to the costs of energy usage during the first World War. The annual hourly changing of the clock was first established in the UK more than 100 years ago under the Summer Time Act 1916, with the thought that lighter evenings might preserve fuel for the war effort. However, it was Canada that became the first country to implement Daylight Saving Time, in 1908. The US followed suit in 1918. All…
Friday the 13th has long been considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. The day occurs when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday. This happens at least once a year and sometimes up to three times in the same year. Very little is known for sure about the origins of the day’s ill omens. Some historians say the superstition began in the late 19th century. The first documented mention of the day can be found in a biography of the Italian composer Rossini, who died on Friday the 13th. Many reasons have been suggested for why…
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Did you know that Cats can make more than 100 vocalizations? Most of them probably in the dead of night…