During a recent walk along my dirt track in the Australian bush, I came across a eucalypt tree shedding its blackish bark. The beauty of it stopped me short, and my son and I spent some time at the tree, detailing the bark-shedding process. The dry bark split and peeled off the trunk in jagged …
Author Archives: Rose Dee
Writer’s Life | You Inspire Me.
As I studied each extensive review on the Book Fun Readers Only web page, I fell into a state of humility. All these people had committed their time to read my work, to recap my stories and share their personal views with the world. I thought about the hours that went into that process, and …
Depression and Mustard Seed Faith
As I studied each extensive review on the Book Fun Readers Only web page, I fell into a state of humility. A time that felt almost overwhelming. How different would your struggle have been if you had taken your focus off the day-to-day struggle, and considered your situation with a more analytical mind? What would …
Writer’s Life | Think A Little Deeper
“I hate Shakespeare,” my twelve-year-old son declared this week. “And I hate poetry as well.” His screwed-up face revealed his dislike for both. “Why?” I asked. “Because it’s too hard to understand!” He proceeded to rant about the difficulty in interpreting the language and poetic nature of the Bard’s writing. I listened with interest. He …
Devotional | Are you an Ostrich or an Emu?
On the way to our camp in the Australian bush, we travel past a field that is home to a mob of emus. These birds are almost the largest in the world, second only to the African ostrich. There are many similarities between these two flightless birds. Both are massive animals—six to nine feet tall. …
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Writers Life | Standing on the Rock.
Then the LORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.” Exodus 33:21 (NIV) Have you ever noticed that there are many Bible references to standing or being on rocks? Lately I’ve been wondering … why rocks? When I think of the majesty of God, I think of far …
Throwback Thursday | Who Am I Writing For?
Today for Throwback Thursday we are reposting a post from Rose Dee first published several years ago. I had no specific plan in place when I sat down to write my first novel. I didn’t seriously consider that I would become an author, nor did I have great ambitions for publication. I had decided to …
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Writers Life | Looking Up.
Have you ever cast your eyes to the sky and been full of wonder at its vastness? I certainly have. I live in a sparsely populated part of a vast country—Australia—so horizons that seem to stretch forever are not foreign to me. Where I live, there are very few high-rise buildings to impede my view. …
Writers Life | Emoji Worldview
My world seems to have been infiltrated by emoji. You know, the little ‘faces’ that provide visual expression to our written words. I admit to being an avid user of these little pictures. And now, a sudden conversation and controversy about these little add-in’s has exploded into my world. Maybe I’m noticing emoji more because …
Me, Me, ME
Narcissism https://www.google.com.au/#q=Narcissism According to the Google definition, it means: excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one’s own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type. self-centeredness arising from failure to distinguish the self from external objects, either in very young …