Welcome to my writing world

All lives have turning points. Before leaving a much loved, high profile and successful career, I wondered who I would be without my job. Instead I thrived; the freedom and flexibility to spend quality time with those closest to me, to improve my health and...

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Beauty

I love my garden: a love that reflects the elemental nature of the garden and the beauty that enfolds me when I am in it. I am gentler, wiser and often inspired in the presence of nature. I also love words, the beauty of thoughts when words are put together....

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Fairy tales and fantasy

Like most children, I was weaned on fairy tales, fantasy and superheroes. I overdosed on Enid Blyton, Biggles and any story with a happy ending ensuring I was hooked for life. The dream of a world in which good always triumphs over evil, where courage is...

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Gaia the Goddess of Earth and Nature

The first Greek god was actually a goddess. She is Gaia, or Mother Earth and Mother Nature, who created herself out of primordial chaos. From her fertile womb all life sprang, and unto Mother Earth all living things must return after their allotted span of life is...

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A Warm Welcome to my website

A warm welcome to: www.christinelister.com.au                 When better to launch a new website than on a new moon, the symbolic portal to new beginnings. Like the tides, the moon ebbs and flows, a rhythm that women understand...

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All the world loves a lover

The phrase, All the world loves a lover, is derived from an essay on love by American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1840's. Love Makes The World Go Round' is the title of a 1958 song popularized by Perry Como. All You Need Is Love, a 1967...

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