Month: June 2023

“Three Novellas” ebook free this week

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The ebook version of my Three Novellas is free on Amazon this week. It includes three gentle rather old-fashioned stories which, as it says in the blurb, “include elements of romance, medical mystery and the paranormal, reflect the author’s experience of practising as both orthodox doctor and alternative healer, and her leisure interests including animals and music”. I wrote them in the early 2000s, inspired by my experience of living between two countries after I emigrated from England to New Zealand. The first two, Carmen’s Roses and Blue Moon for Bombers, appear separate from each other but the third, The Windflower Vibration, shows them to be linked. Three Novellas was described by one reviewer as “a superb trilogy finishing with an interesting twist”. The Kindle version (which can be read on any device not just on a Kindle) is on a free promotion until 2 July 2023 and you can find it on your local Amazon site.

Jumping for joy

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Ireland the Labrador greets me by jumping high in the air whenever I come to take him for a walk.

The two of us met about six years ago through The Dogshare Collective. One of his human family had suffered an injury at that time and needed help with his care. I started taking him out in the afternoons, and continued doing so long after his owner’s injury had recovered.

Ireland was bred to become a guide dog for the blind, but due to a minor defect in his own vision he was withdrawn from training and made available for adoption as a family pet. Large, friendly and exuberant, he loves playing with other dogs and like most Labradors he has an insatiable appetite. We have enjoyed many outings and adventures together (search the Animals section of my website to see illustrated posts about my walks with Ireland, also with my other dog share Buddy).

Having a dog brings great benefits – physical, mental and social – also involves great responsibilities. There are many people who are not in a position to have a dog of their own but would like to have a relationship with one. And there are many dogs who, often because their owners are out at work all day, need additional exercise and company. Within New Zealand The Dogshare Collective exists to put people from these two groups in contact with one another.