Tirza Schaefer: Romance Author & Goddess Facilitator

Today is World Poetry Day and because I love poetry, whether writing my own or reciting Shakespeare to myself when blissed out with the...

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Latin is a dead language Nobody speaks it anymore these days, right? Well, maybe the Pope and some of his priests in tow.

When we think about how to use words, in which context, which ones, at which time and how, we often forget that the best communication is to

There are many different forms of poetry. Some poems adhere to strict rules of rhyme and rhythm, others flow freely and don’t even rhyme.

By now, you have already got an inkling of there being so many things you can do with words and various combinations thereof.

The topic of constructive criticism within the subject of words is one that will probably bring up mixed feelings in a lot of people. Simply because we hone in more on the “criticism” part than the “constructive” bit. And let’s be honest, the word constructive, as well as the word criticism is widely interpreted, often to the point where they have nothing to do with their original meaning anymore. Either because the words used are so destructive, or because the person voicing

We’ve all gone to school, had to learn, study and study some more. Some of you may also have gone to college or university like me, but the truth is, you never stop learning your entire life. There will always be some new information gained, a new skill acquired. Some of this, we come by pretty intensely, others we’ve got time to get to grips with.

Part 2 is about how to shift this in a positive manner and create a better way of doing our best for our children that is not based on fear.

In a Facebook group, I am a member of, run by my friend Leila Hardy, there was a discussion about what is blocking you from success.

Here I am, after a long, beautiful day during which I spend four hours lunching with my cousin and talking about God and the world, spending time with my children, cuddling and talking, making them feel special, my 18-year-old son Tajun is meeting a friend outside and the girls are now in bed. I was watching “The Originals," a TV vampire series during which an older vampire, Klaus, speaks to a younger one, Marcel, which he had created about 250 years earlier. Klaus is very o

This morning, I came into the livingroom and my youngest child Tyler (nearly ten now) sat at the table, munching on his muesli with one hand and stroking the cat who was lying beside him with the other. Of course, by the time I had taken out my phone and got the camera app open, Taani had already jumped off the table and the cuter-than-the-world's-best-cupcake picture was never taken. Sigh! Instead, I sat down beside my Mini Mouse, as I like to call him, and stroked his hair