by Di Jones | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
12 February 2013 Fine wines. Gold and diamonds. Red roses. Swiss chocolates. If you are the male of the species and you haven’t considered buying your partner one of the above, or a close variation, you might be in trouble with the woman in your life. But...
by Di Jones | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
18 December 2012 After so many years in New Zealand, I still find Christmas a little, well, odd. It’s not that the Christmas spirit isn’t alive and well here, but somehow spending Christmas on the beach still doesn’t feel quite right. The idea of being wrapped up in...
by Di Jones | Nov 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
8 November 2012 I was thrilled to hear the news that the super-talented Donna Joy Usher has tagged me for the next big thing – Authors Tagging Authors. Donna is the author of The Seven Steps to Closure, and a finalist in the Shirley You Jest! Book Awards....
by Di Jones | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
21 August 2012 Phyllis Diller was to comedy was Helen Gurley Brown was to sex, and in one sad week the world’s lost both of them. Diller and Gurley Brown were pioneering women of the swinging sixties who spoke their minds – particularly about taboo subjects such as...
by Di Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
1 August 2012 It’s not news that men and women are from different planets, but do we actually know yet why women are obsessed with shopping and men are ambivalent? Theories abound about the psychology of shopping and experts agree on two facts. The first is...