Viewing: Blog Posts Tagged with: Journeys, Most Recent at Top [Help]
Results 26 - 50 of 55
How to use this Page
You are viewing the most recent posts tagged with the words: Journeys in the JacketFlap blog reader. What is a tag? Think of a tag as a keyword or category label. Tags can both help you find posts on JacketFlap.com as well as provide an easy way for you to "remember" and classify posts for later recall. Try adding a tag yourself by clicking "Add a tag" below a post's header. Scroll down through the list of Recent Posts in the left column and click on a post title that sounds interesting. You can view all posts from a specific blog by clicking the Blog name in the right column, or you can click a 'More Posts from this Blog' link in any individual post.
I haven’t been posting lately – I got unwell last year and have been in hospital a couple of times, but getting stronger day by day – yay!
One of my publishers just asked me to make a bio – she said I could draw it if it was easier…so here’s the result!
Wishing you all a beautiful 2013, full of good bits, sparkly bits, romantic bits, playful bits, fighting-for-those-who-need-someone-in-their-corner bits and tons and tons of giggly bits. Oh, and a huge hug and love too, linda xx
Filed under:
children's illustration,
finding norway,
flying,
journeys,
one-tooth dog
The illustrated adventures of three friends, which will be updated regularly. Go here to read and follow: bearandwhitefox
Filed under:
journeys
Over the past twelve months I've been doing a lot of travelling. I've been moving around a bit wi
thin my own continent, and making forays into a couple of others. I've travelled into a new decade too. Psst! Don't tell anyone but I'm now in my sixth.
Visiting other countries is fun, slightly scary when done on my own, and keeps me on my toes. I'm very lucky that I'm fit and able to do it, and have had the funds. But what if I was unable to physically travel?
Arguably, the most important journey of all is in our minds, and where better to broaden our knowledge than to use a library? Books, music, the internet; it's all there, in a warm and safe environment for everyone to freely use. When times are hard what could be better than to preserve such a resource? In common with many others, I have been vocal in my anger at the closure of libraries in my country. The argument isn't over yet, with a myriad of legal challenges being heard.
Even during WW2 the government saw the huge importance of such an institution, and in spite of all the difficulties, libraries stayed open. Publishers printed as much as they could for sale too, on bad paper, which was all they could get. You can occasionally find these books in secondhand shops, with the request printed inside to pass them on to others, particularly members of the armed forces. The war was characterised for many by bursts of highly stressful action followed by long tedious hours of inactivity, which can be just as stressful in a different way. It was recognised that it can be very healing to lose yourself in a good book. We may not be at war like in 1940, but the need for libraries is certainly still there, for adults, and for children. Stressed out through lack of work, or happy and innocent at the beginning of learning about the world. We need libraries.
There's another sort of travelling that I've been doing as well, and that is the great journey of self discovery. Fortunately, you don't have to buy a ticket, and you can do it in the comfort of your own home, but it can still be scary, especially when delving into the depths of your feelings with a close relative, as I recently did. Thanks to my sister being so open we both ended up feeling enlightened, with lots of useful discoveries made.
4 STARS This is a picture book written by Michelle Hall with illustrations by Dawn Phillips. It is the story of Frisky and her journey back to her best friend Sassy. Because of a lack of space, Nick’s mother no longer wants a bunch of cats in their apartment. Nick puts the four cats, kittens really, [...]
View Next 4 Posts
Very beautiful, very funny, very lovely and loving!!! I can feel the butterfly’s racing around in their giggling body’s, and the urge to jump and yell and dance. Very contagious! I think everybody who reads this story will escape from the pocket.
Just one thing: the drawing is a bit diffucult to see because he lines are so light. Bit darker would be easier to view.
bye! Hedwig
This is, by far, the most delightful thing I have seen in a long time!!!! I love every single bit. And I would like to know more about that wiggly cucumber. Poor lady who is missing her pocket! Love rocks, and so do you! xoxoxo