In information age, whether you’re a CEO of a fortune 500 company, a small business owner, a talented independent consultant, a top-notch computer programmer, a housewife or a college student, the way to stay on the top of the game is really about how you absorb new information or the way you learn.
Learning is the […]
Undoubtedly, an online degree can further your career aspirations. However, choosing a program can be a confusing process. One way of identifying a suitable program is to list your goals and then go through the listed programs carefully to see which one meets your list best. It also helps to peruse the feedback from students […]
So, you want to make your own Civil War shirt.
You have so many decisions to make - one or two-piece body,
type of front, buttons, material, colors, collars! Wow.
A common pattern is a one-piece body with gussets under the sleeves with or without a collar using the same pattern.
You can vary the widths of the […]
The emerald is probably the most rare of all precious stones and is considered by some to be even more valuable than the diamond. Compared with other precious stones the emerald in its occurrence in nature is unique, for it is found in the rock in which it was formed. Unlike diamonds, sapphires and rubies, […]
Many people I’ve spoken to are uncertain what the Regency actually was. As a writer of Regency romance I’d like to give you a whimsical peek. Just for fun, of course. Would you like to join me as I take a look?
Since I could never do justice to the period in a short article such […]
“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink…”
I first read Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner when I was in high school. Alongside with Poe’s Annabel Lee, Ulalume, and Raven, this was one of those first verse-epics that made me love narrative poetry.
The ancient mariner himself was an alienated traveler as […]
In 1964 myself (René), Nelleke my wife, and our daughter Iefje emigrated from Holland to Australia. I was 29 years old and Nelleke a few years younger.
We choose to live in the tropics of Far Northern Australia, a place unknown to many people around the world.
Cold weather and a longing for adventure was the main […]
I belong to a hamlet called ‘Konthai’ which is in South Tamil Nadu, India. Twenty years back I was there as an unemployed graduate hunting for a job. Among the competitive examination the one conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for the non-gazetted posts was popular as it was the only mass civilian recruitment by […]