Eve’s Daughter

This poem was inspired by the article “Not Much is Going to Change at the Top” by Brian Toohey on p.63 of The Weekend Australian Financial Review, June 25-27. It was the first article I’d read since Gillard toppled Rudd that was not glowing with the possibilities of change from our new Prime Minister. And from what I’ve seen so far, I have to say, I think he might be right.

I was hoping to get this up much sooner, but having one chronically ill husband, one difficult Aspie 9 year old not coping with pressure, another as yet undiagnosed Aspie 7 year old (both home educated) and a 4 year old, all with food issues (so quick take aways or meals in jars are just not an option) kind of cuts into my writing time! I am now getting up earlier and going to bed earlier (as of tonight) and really hoping that will help.

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Here is the epic poem ‘Save the Whales’. It is inspired by tomorrow’s vote by the IWC to allow limited commercial whaling. Saying no to commercial whaling is not just about saving the whales, it is also about saving our world.

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The poem is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you can’t open the poem, then you can download a free reader.

Right now I’m in the midst of madly writing for a short story competition closing May 8th, so not got much time for anything else (well except for the usual family stuff - which is even more hectic at the moment because it is K’s 7th birthday party this weekend and we are now gluten free as well as all the other dietry restrictions!)

Anyway, story is called ‘The Resurrection of Elliiar’diiard’  and maybe one day I’ll put it up here too - can’t yet, ‘coz it needs to an unpublished story to go in competition.  Dreaming of winning, but an honorable mention would be wonderful, so I’ll see how I go…

Finally, I have returned to my blog. I just read my last post and it made me laugh. It’s almost been another whole year since I did any blogging and I’m still working on my novel! However, I did actually self publish a poetry book called ‘Soaring on Eagles’ Wings’ which I’m really happy with. I think it includes all the poems on this site as well as a whole lot more.

Nine year old boy does have Asperger’s Syndrome, almost 7 year old has something but is undiagnosed as yet, 4 year old, well, we’ll wait and see. Hubby’s health is still an issue, but seeing new GP who is hopeful for some better results. We are hoping. First step in all of this is for the whole family to go Gluten Free - woohoo!!! That’s it for now.

I feel so bad that it’s been soooooooo long since I last posted on Eve’s Daughter, almost a year!!!!

Lots of reasons, lots of excuses, but mainly spending time blogging has had to be shunted down the priority list while I look after my ME/CFS husband, home educate three kids - 8, 6 & 3 (the oldest two are hypersensitive and hyposensitive and are being assessed for Aspergers and high end Autism or something else altogether in a couple of weeks and the third, well, we’ll see…), struggle with housework and in doing so discover I am a “Messie” (no surprises there) but in reading “The Messies Manuel” & “Organizing For Life” both by Sandra Felton also realise that I probably have ADD, I can tick all the boxes! And I’m always tired coz I go to bed too late while still trying to get up early especially as early mornings are really the only time I can work on my novel without interruptions or distractions. So sad, but true, while I’m writing this brilliant novel (well I think so anyway, and it’s a series by-the-way), all other writings, including my poetry, blog and other novels (all first drafts) have been put on hold. Perhaps I’ll put the short story that the novel springs from up one day for anyone who is interested, maybe…

Anyway, time to go, I’m very, very tired, again. So I will stagger off to bed shortly - after writing a little bit more

While all this was going on Tim decided to see a counsellor - we needed to find out if the reason he was sick all the time was caused by his thinking, his thought patterns; in other words, to see if perhaps it was “all in his head”, or, was there some other reason, some other thing that could be causing his constant illness. During his counselling experience we purchased a book called ‘I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just A Little Unwell’ by Leigh Hatcher. It is his story about his journey through Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and out the other side. » Read the rest of this entry …

This poem was written after we’d had a night out at, you guessed it, Circus Latino!

It was a great night, and overall, apart from a rather large hiccup with Xav at the start, we had a great night and really enjoyed ourselves at the circus. The acts were fantastic and the boys raved for weeks about Circus Latino and they would love to go again (so would I) and who knows, perhaps we shall.

To read more about our night out at Circus Latino, check out the post Circus Latino on www.thegreatadventure.info

You can also find Circus Latino on My Space and Face Book - of course you can only find them there if you’re already a MySpacer or FaceBooker yourself.  Or you can find them on the web at www.circuslatino.com.

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Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda an Australian author.

We borrowed out these books for Brydon to read as he’d gone from reading picture books to a grade 5/6 level in the space of four months, so we were trying to find books in that caliber but still suitable for him to read, I mean he’s only 7 so we don’t want him reading inappropriate age level stuff - I mean, sure he can read it, but being emotionally ready for it and understanding it, I don’t think so! So anyway, we borrowed out these books and Tim and I read them first to decide whether or not they were appropriate. Well, we loved them and decided that we’d see how Brydon went with them.

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The Land of Elyon series by Patrick Carman.

I chose to borrow these three books because I fell in love with the cover art. The pictures on the covers are beautiful, gorgeous. I eventually discovered that these beautiful pieces were created by Brad Weinman  Actually, it was the style of font on the spines that caught my eye first and when I pulled them off the shelf and saw the covers, well, I just couldn’t help myself I HAD to borrow them! This was while the boys were gathering a multitude of books for themselves (especially Garfield comics) at our local library. I was of course, in the kids section of the library, so, no surprises here, but the ‘Land of Elyon’ books are actually written for kids - upper primary through to lower high school (junior or middle school if you’re not in Australia - I think), however, as an adult reading these books, I gotta say, I really, really enjoyed them. I mean, I REALLY enjoyed them. And I also gotta say, hubbie enjoyed them too.

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 I have decided to add a category to Eve’s Daughter called Books I’ve Read where I can share with anyone who is interested about the books I have read and sometimes the books Brydon has read too. There will be a large range of books here but not every book we read or I would never stop writing up posts on books - I’m behind as it is already! » Read the rest of this entry …