Forest Lake is a recreational lake just southwest of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It’s a deep man-made lake constructed in the 1990s which covers over 10 hectares of land and is the equivalent of 269 Olympic-sized swimming pools. It’s a popular recreational spot for humans...

The Wonder of Jazz by Sammy Stein begins with the history of jazz in New Orleans, mentioning Ragtime, Dixieland, and the complex influences of international music. The author then attempts to define jazz according to structure, improvisation, and relationship to other genres, while also discussing...

The Adjacent Possible: Evolve Your Art from Blank Canvas to Prolific Artist is a fascinating presentation on the science of artistic creativity by the psychiatrist and abstract artist Nancy Leigh Hillis, M.D. It is written with the stated purpose to “guide, nudge, and inspire” the...

The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing is a work of non-fiction by Marlene Cullen. As Christine Falcon-Daigle writes: “The safety of the blank page has been where I go to find myself whenever I feel lost and alone or spiritually bankrupt. It’s...

Many people have a romanticized perspective of owning a bed and breakfast property. Sue and her boyfriend TR bought a house in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. At first, the transfer seemed normal until the previous owners did some odd things, like not moving out on...

The National Parks: A Century of Grace by Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach is a fabulous collection of pictures, poems, and facts about the National Parks of America, which are extraordinary places where the beauty of the untouched wilderness can be experienced. Humans are...

The Gouldian Finch Handbook by Tanya Logan is a non-fiction guide that is a virtual first-person encyclopedia on the stewardship of this gorgeous bird. Logan builds on her own love and experience, sharing what she has learned with the hope that a fellow “bird slave”...

Turn Photoshop, Gimp, Illustrator, and Affinity Designer into Cash: Using Your Design Software to Create Designs to Make Money Online and Build Your Online Business by Kevin Maguire is a handy manual that gives good tips and techniques to readers on the kind of design...

Freya Gates explores the fascinating world of Cricuting through her book The Art of Cricuting for Beginners: The Definitive Guide to Cricut Artwork and Projects. The book is a handy manual to all those readers who are beginners and gives instructions on how to create...

Has anyone thought about how quilts are commonplace in everyone’s lives? The history of quilts actually goes back to 3400 BCE and they were part of early culture. The Art of Quilting for Beginners: The One-Stop Reference Guide to Making Quilts by Freya Gates takes...