entry twenty three. apple of my eye.

The best thing about writing a blog that I’ve observed so far is providing inspiration and entertainment for others in bite-sized chunks. Be it food-for-thought or a brief moment of respite, an escape, from the mundane. So here it is then, another bite-sized chunk from my imagination, scribbled down in my writing journal just for…

Pauley and the python. A children’s story. #ilovemysnake

I like children’s stories, especially when they are telling something extraordinary, unusual, or outside of the ‘normal box’. This is a quick one I wrote to go with the water colour painting I did this afternoon. Pauley and the python. JR Manawa. From the moment Pauley and the python first met, Pauley knew they would…

Water child. My thoughts on refuge and rejuvenation.

Where do you find your quiet place? Your shelter? Your refuge? When it all gets too much, where do you run to find peace? What motivates you, cleanses you? What heals your soul when you are feeling low? Let me know! Nothing heals my soul quite like standing in the rain. Those days when the…

The children. Horror story in two sentences?

Can I tell a story in two sentences? A good friend challenged me to this about a month ago. I woke up in the middle of that night with the story etched on my mind. Boom. So what do you think? The children. JR Manawa. Written by JR Manawa