Finding solace and beauty through music (Part 1)
Throughout my book ‘The Grace of a Nightingale’ you will discover how music has enabled me to find solace, beauty, love and hope...
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Quote – J.R.R. Tolkien
Words are so powerful and important to me. They inspire, teach, guide and console me day to day. The words of many writers have resonated with me...
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The tao of the ‘Nightingale’
The nightingale has totemic significance for me. Not only am I drawn to the symbolism of this bird of love and loss, it is also the name of the...
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Designing the book cover
Both the title ’The Grace of a Nightingale’ and the cover design have various connotations – nature, nursing, freedom, spirituality (the...
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Writing my story – knowing myself
From the distant ruins of my past there are both unwelcome and inspirational memories which have been revisited in order to write these memoirs...
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