This week I want to write about something a little more somber. Many friends have lost parents this year and many more have parents in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, or some type of care facility. Continue reading
It all started with a kinky BBC show about people who fall in love with inanimate objects. Supposedly, there is a woman married to the Berlin Wall and another woman in love with the Eiffel Tower. Okay, the Eiffel Tower I understand. It’s very shapely.
Other than a good laugh I wouldn’t have thought more about the show, but then I read about a line of priests that are said to guard a tree in the woodlands of Diana, the roman goddess of fertility. Continue reading
One of my first memories as a child was meeting Teddy, my Fairy Godmother. In actuality she is my Godmother. Somehow my childish brain confused my bedtime stories with this sweet, loving woman who in many ways was bigger than life.
As a child I saw her on rare occasions, which helped to keep the Fairy Godmother fantasy alive. When I was an annoying thirteen, we moved nearer to Teddy’s house and I learned how magical Teddy really is. Continue reading
I’ve just read about prisoners making wine out of fruit cocktail and stale bread. As gross as that sounds, it got me thinking about the origin of wine. Was wine an accident of old grapes and bread. Did a house servant of yesteryear noticed the chickens staggering around and singing off-key after devouring last night’s table scraps? Did that servant then think, hey, I’d like to do that? Continue reading
The champagne and streamers are a fading memory. Time for the new and improved NicolaTrwst.com.
WELCOME to my new website. An update was long overdue and so I finally got to it (well, my elf did).
I will be using this site to introduce you to my books, offer you short stories, and introduce you to some fine artists and writers.
As my bio suggests, I’m eclectic in almost everything I do that’s why my new blog is titled: Myths, Munchies, and Madness. Three of my favorite things.
I hope you will enjoy it, come back often, and feel free to share.
I hope all your dreams come true in 2012!
Nicola