Quirky Wedding Traditions From Around The World Celebrant: one who celebrates and/or helps others to celebrate, particularly marriages. But how do people around the world celebrate their weddings? Let’s explore a few wedding traditions and rituals from around the world. I’M BLUE DABA DEE DABA DI England (and many Western countries) The original rhyme went, [...]

How will you tell their story? The point of writing for a Wedding ceremony is to cast a spell. Well chosen words can paint mental canvases with fruit bowls of colour, symphonies of sound, and cause forgotten aromas to pass gently through the air.  The story of JK Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, has [...]

You're the voice, can they understand it? You don’t have to make it loud but it must be clear! If when it comes to public speaking you need a little help, you feel the pressure down, you’ve got to have a little faith because learning to publicly speak – that’s freedom! Okay – no more [...]

Wise & Witty Words of Wisdom (From The Movies) What is the best part of a wedding? Besides the exchanging of vowels of course. Is it the cutting of the cake? The first dance as a married couple? The candied almond favours?  For me it’s the free food but in 2nd place I’ll go with [...]

BATMAN P.I Is Batman a superhero? It’s a common, never-ending argument. He doesn’t have supernatural powers so that lays the case for him not being a superhero. But wait, similar to fellow non-supernatural humans such as Ironman or Black Widow he does have self-created superior technology, strength, intelligence, fighting skills etc. So he is a [...]

Is It Appropriate To Put The Fun In Funeral? Most family and friends when planning a funeral are coming from a place of deep, justifiable anguish. Most of us have been there and can empathise with anyone going through such a dark, heavy time. It is heart-wrenching to say the least.  Recently there has been [...]

P.I Favourite 5 Female Investigators “Rain flecks slide seductively down the exterior of the dingy basement window. A man sits in the shadows, boots on his desk, watching the foot traffic pass by the small pane of glass. The ash from his Brick House cigar lingers on the precipice, scared to let go. The man’s [...]

Top 10 Romance Novels According to Goodreads, after scouring the ratings and reviews of romance novels in the fairly extensive library that is called ‘The Internet’ these are the Top 10 Romance novels of all time.  Do you agree? How many have you read? In your opinion are there any that don’t belong? What would [...]

LOVE IS LIKE A CAN OF BEANS One of the best things about watching a romantic film or reading a romance novel is the escapism that it affords us. It is an opportunity to step away from reality and dwell within a fictional world where the fantasy is a sumptuous feast that we get to [...]

Whoever heard of a Zoom wedding before COVID19? They say, "necessity is the mother of invention". For example, whoever heard of a Zoom wedding before COVID19? Every generation is shaped by the events, social trends and technology of its time. No doubt COVID19 will leave an indelible impact on the generations coming of age during [...]