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Australian Echidna Original Watercolour Painting with Original Surprise Poem - £25 Original echidna animal watercolour painting with a surprise original poem on the back. The echidna is an Australian animal famous for its prickles and long snout. My painting is on watercolour paper, size 12.5cm x 18cm. On the reverse side is a surprise poem written by myself. This poem comes with the guarantee…
Contains spoilers Welcome to my first film review. We're kicking it off with Whiplash (2014), because this film has frustrated me enough to brave writing about it. Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons star in this jazz-themed drama about a college kid named Andrew Neiman (Teller), whose goal is to become the next big name in the world of music and, in particular, drums. There's just one person who will…
Australian Galah Bird Original Watercolour Painting with Original Surprise Poem - £25 Original galah bird watercolour painting with a surprise original poem on the back. The galah is an Australian bird famous for its beautiful pink plumage. My painting is on watercolour paper, size 12.5cm x 18cm. On the reverse side is a surprise poem written by myself. This poem comes with the guarantee that I…
Australian Superb Fairywren Bird Original Watercolour Painting with Original Surprise Poem - £25 Original superb fairywren bird watercolour painting with a surprise original poem on the back. The superb fairywren is an Australian bird famous for its beautiful blue plumage. My painting is on watercolour paper, size 12.5cm x 18cm. On the reverse side is a surprise poem written by myself. This poem…
New Zealand Tūī Bird Original Watercolour Painting with Original Surprise Poem - £25 Original tūī bird watercolour painting with a surprise original poem on the back. The tūī is a New Zealand bird famous for its unusual song and white throat tufts. My painting is on watercolour paper, size 12.5cm x 18cm. On the reverse side is a surprise poem written by myself. This poem comes with the guarantee…
It was February 2024 when I found my way into my dream job and became a funeral arranger. It was one year later, in February 2025, when I was asked to step up and become a funeral director. Soon the promotion became permanent. And another year later, in February 2026, I gave it all up to go to Australia for a year... Except I didn't. My job is waiting for me when I get back next year. I am lucky…
Emily Henry started out publishing young adult fiction in 2016 with her debut novel, The Love That Split the World . In 2020, she released her first attack at adult fiction, Beach Read , which would become the first in a line of New York Times bestsellers. As her second adult fiction novel, published in 2021, People We Meet on Vacation is the first book I have read by Henry, and I thought it was…
To read about how I got into this industry, check out my last blog post here . Trigger warning: some emotional topics including pregnancy loss. After working as a funeral arranger for a whole year, I was suddenly asked to step up and become a funeral director, to cover a brief period of staff sickness. I was told it would be for at least a month; I ended up being funeral director for a year. At…
When I was 16 and in the few years following, I happened to attend a number of family funerals and had the realisation that funeralcare is a job that people do. At that age, there's a level of pressure from teachers and elders to decide on a career path and start chasing it. I always knew I wanted to be a writer, but I also knew that that would take a stroke of luck, and I didn't know what I would…