Month: May 2015

Published on Leave a comment on Free Recipe Section

I've been revisiting the Free Recipes section of the blog. I while ago I considered taking them off the site altogether, but people seem to enjoy them - they keep on getting visits. I've added PDF and print buttons at the bottom of each recipe, when you click on them an option to email to yourself will come up as well. Please note, this is an independent server, I don't see your email address or store it in any way, and neither does the server.

Each of these recipes has history attached. ...continue reading "Free Recipe Section"

Published on Leave a comment on Loss & Leaving

Perhaps I'm spending too much time on my own lately, but I've had a very strange week. As this blog sets out to be as much about my personal journey as my physical one, I'll tell you about it.

In many places the trees meet over the road. this photo has not been enhanced in anyway, it really is this green.
In many places the trees meet over the road. I would love to have taken a picture, but of course I couldn't stop. This photo has not been enhanced in anyway, it really is this green.

On Sunday afternoon I was washing up and idly staring out the window - as one does when faced with boring, repetitive jobs that have to be done - and saw a small plane flying across the face of Mt. Leinster. Now Mt. Leinster is not really all that high - around 800m - and taking into account the position of the house, the plane had to be flying very low. ...continue reading "Loss & Leaving"

Published on Leave a comment on Less bondage than “Fifty Shades”…

For one week only, "Hot Summer's Knight" is ON SALE at Amazon US and Amazon UK for the ridiculously low price of $US0.99.

Buy my novel "Hot Summer's Knight" from Amazon now!
Buy my novel "Hot Summer's Knight" from Amazon now!

It's a thriller and a romance set in medieval France, a great read for a rainy Sunday or a quiet night in. (Guys, don't let the word"romance" put you off, there's plenty in there for you too.)

It doesn't pretend to be Literature, it's got less bondage than "Fifty Shades", the body count is low, and there aren't any car chases at all. Despite this I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

So for less than the price of a cup of coffee give yourself a treat, and click on one of the links in the first paragraph. If you haven't got a Kindle, Amazon provide you with the free software. Remember to leave a review on Amazon!

My goal is to sell 1,000 copies this week. Use the social media buttons at the side of this page and help make "Hot Summer's Knight" go, if not viral, at least slightly contagious!

Published on Leave a comment on Buy “Hot Summer’s Knight” at sale price!

For ONE WEEK only, starting on Sunday, 24th May, "Hot Summer's Knight" will be available at a substantially reduced price ($US0.99) to those of you who can access Amazon US or Amazon UK.

Buy my novel "Hot Summer's Knight" from Amazon now!Romance, action and adventure set in Medieval France. Guys, don't let the word "romance" put you off - there's plenty to entertain you too.

This is the Kindle version, but if you don't have a Kindle, Amazon provide you with the app.

If you enjoy it - and I'm sure you will - please, please, please leave a positive review on Amazon. Many thanks!

Buy it now!

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Published on 1 Comment on A Walled Town & Oliver Cromwell

When I was studying for my degree I concentrated mainly on European history, partly because the history of European settlement in Australia really doesn't go back much more than a couple of centuries, providing you start with the colony at Botany Bay, established in 1788. European explorers had visited various places around the continent before then, but detailed, documented Australian history usually begins at that year.

Part of the surviving Norman wall around Wexford and the Water Gate.
Part of the surviving Norman wall around Wexford and the Water Gate.

For the purposes of this blog post I'm ignoring the wreck of the Batavia in 1629. Although settlements were established at that time they were short lived. There are still, however, genetic traces of Dutch sailors who were possibly adopted by Aboriginal tribes on the coast of Western Australia, although there is no way of knowing if they were from the Batavia or other ships wrecked in the area. ...continue reading "A Walled Town & Oliver Cromwell"