Author: adreaminateacup

I thought it was about time I began making comment on some of the wonderful feedback I’ve been receiving from my readers… like the three mentions below:

Eve, I have to let you know I just finished reading your book here in Darwin.

I loved every bit of it & couldn’t put it down. The characters are great & I really loved your insight into the real life events of the times. The spiritual wisdom and how it merges and challenges the catholic faith was fascinating and inspiring.

I have been on my own journey of questioning the faith after many years of imbedded beliefs and in the past 15 or so years feeling free to have a different perspective spiritually.

This book really resonated for me & the pages will be well worn by the time the girls have a read.

I need to purchase another on my return to give to my mother.

Congratulations again. Love Chris Powley.

Thank you Chris. You are not the first one to reference Spirituality verses Catholism and to admit to being like me, a ‘Seeker’.

Yesterday, I read something written by Sister Joan Chittister, a Benediction nun and I’d like to share it with you.

‘But what are “the things of the soul”? Surely they are every breath we breathe, every word we hear, every thought we think.  The things of the soul have too long compartmentalised. And so we get religion but not spirituality.  We get church but not God.  We get the sacred but not the sacredness of the secular. Or better yet, the revelation that there is nothing “secular” at all.’

Ann Gugler: Congratulations! Story brings back many memories!  Now when will the next book be ready…Great to see the photographs taken at the launch. Big Hug!

You and quite a number of other old Westlake people have thanked me for resurrecting memories they thought they had long since forgotten. But as Carl Jung might have said:

‘Nothing is ever forgotten. And a good story, is akin to a dream when used as an excavation tools into our memory bank.’  All we need to do, is dig down  a bit.

Hildegard:  Eva, a story well told! I was back in Westlake, a fly on the wall, following the lives of all the characters. Well done! Now I just have to catch up on all the work I put aside while reading the book. Best wishes. Hildegard.

Thank you Hildegard. And aren’t you blessed to have been given such a magnificent name. Did you know that Hildegard von Bingen was probably the first medieval woman to reflect and write about women?

Hildegard was our first ‘feminist.’ A woman ahead of her time. And as I mentioned in my novel, Hildegard was way ahead of Carl Jung. Some people think Jung was the first to awaken us to symbolic consciousness and symbolism. But Hildegard was on to it in the 11^th century.  And she was probably the first ‘Greenie’ as well. So deeply ecological was her spirituality.

Just before I woke this morning, I was dreaming about this blog and how I should set about it.

The book launch last Wednesday evening was absolutely fantastic! It went off with a real bang…. Just like Westlake bonfire nights.

So many people came out of the woodwork. People who hadn’t seen each other in years. There was a deafening buzz in the room, as old and new friends caught up.

People from the old Westlake days were there, including the Gregory girls. Maree Carn, members of the O’Rourke family and Hildegard Ziganuik was there to represent the new Australian families who came to call Westlake home. Dearest Dotty Day, wife of the late Alby Day, was there. Alby grew up on the banks of the Molonglo River at Briar farm, which was situated pretty much where the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club is now.

Other blasts from the past were people like Carole Swan, or Swannie, as she was always known. I nursed with Carole and my friend Gillian Smith-Roberts at both Kenmore in Goulburn and Kingseat in New Zealand. Because Gill is still recovering from surgery on her feet she wasn’t able to travel from Victoria where she now lives with her delightful husband Garry Clark… but it was they who sent the enormous bunch of Australian native flowers that I am holding in one of the photos.

Kathy Hagan, or Kathleen Burse as she was known at St Christopher’s school, was also there. In my novel the protagonist, Dougal Alexander Macgregor, works for the plumbing contractors Makin and Burse. In my novel they installed the plumbing for the Narrabundah prefabs. And interestingly, yesterday on ‘Ye Olde Canberra Mob’ group on Facebook, a lady named Robyn Smith told me she is closely related to the same Makin family.

On that note, I’d just like to say a big thank you again, to the eighty plus people who came along to Old Canberra House at Acton last Wednesday and helped me launch ‘A Dream in a Teacup’ with such style.

As I said earlier, when I woke this morning, I was in the midst of this dream. It was an instructional dream, telling me how and what to blog about and that’s what all of the above is about.

I’m telling you, up until this morning, I didn’t have the oomph to write a single word. As fantastic as the book launch was, the lead up to it and all, left me totally depleted of energy.  For days, all I’ve done is veg.

Then…this morning’s dream came to the rescue and now I’m back…. You see, dreams have a way of self-regulating the psychic system and re-establishing emotional equilibrium. So… watch out for the next blog…

Eva K is back.

You can see more photos from the launch in the Gallery.

On the Shop page of this website you can now order your copy or copies of A Dream in a Teacup. Please note we are still awaiting the boxes of books that we are SURE will be here before the launch on Wednesday. What this means to those ordering books now is that there may be a slight delay in delivery. At the moment we only have direct debit set up but do let us know if you have any problems or questions with ordering or payment by contacting site admin at evak@incanberra.com.au and we’ll sort it out for you. Wishing we had a picture of the hard copies (in boxes even) to post with this… 🙂

There is an e book available for only 15 dollars and that comes as soon as payment goes through.

And… a free sample of chapter 1. That should keep you going for now. Have a great weekend!

Well, this is exciting…. My first blog dispatch, ever! And, it’s on my very own website.

So…any guesses as to what this first press release might look like?

Yep, you’ve got it in one… it’s about my book launch, of course.

My novel, A Dream in a Teacup will be launched at the Ivy and Fox Café, 73 Lennox Crossing Road, Acton at 5:30pm on Wednesday 17 October 2018. Do come along and partake in some excellent fellowship and sip or two of wine.

And I’ll bet you, a penny to a pound, if you do, you’re sure to run into at least half a dozen people you haven’t seen in ages and have simply been dying to catch up with and have a great chin wag.

You’re bound to make some new friends too. Like-minded people who enjoy an excellent yarn, like ‘A Dream in a Teacup’ – if I might be so bold.

Hope to see you there