by Jess | May 21, 2014 | archives
Well, the much anticipated USA trip has been and gone! Eleyna and I loved our time in America visiting friends and getting to meet a very special lady named Carrie!I’ll start with the basics. We left Australia on the 17th March, took a 13.5 hour flight to San...
by Jess | Feb 19, 2014 | archives
So I was reading a book a little while ago and the author shared in the notes at the end of the book where this story was birthed. She was sitting with some relatives and she started sharing the current story I’m in the middle of reading.Suddenly I got...
by Jess | Feb 10, 2014 | archives
For a gem of a book that has kept me coming back time and time again, had me laughing and crying with characters so real they could jump off the page and they did- and landed right in my heart. The Opal goes to… Rescue Team by Candace Calvert!Congratulations...
by Jess | Feb 5, 2014 | archives
It’s been almost 2.5 years since we awarded an Opal Award for what we consider to be an outstanding book. So here is a quick recap on just what is an Opal Award. First of all, why Opal?”Outstanding Piece Around…” … um, unfortunately no,...
by Jess | Feb 3, 2014 | archives
So, now that the Australian Open and Australia Day has passed for another year, it’s time to get back into the swing of things…so welcome to 2014 on the blog! You might ask how could the Australian Open be such a road block to productivity? As Helen has...
by Helen Wakefield | Dec 22, 2013 | archives
Helen and I wish all our followers and friends a very Merry Christmas. May you all remember the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ – not just during the Christmas season, but throughout the year. We hope you all enjoy the coming of 2014 and all that it...