Look on the bright side of life with this entertaining collection of snippets about everyday experience. Wry, funny, sometimes serious and always optimistic, their message is simple: look for the magic in every day and you will find it.

"Hi Jodie, it's Mum. I just called to let you know I'm coming to see you. Missing you heaps. Can't wait to be together again." The simple phone message has Jodie spooked. She'd give anything to see her mother again but that's impossible. Dead people only return for visits from beyond the grave in books and movies. They can't pick up a phone and call the living to have a chat. Someone must be playing a sick joke. But when the phone calls stop, the other weird communications start and Jodie has to find out the truth. Are the messages from her mum? Should she expect a ghostly visitor?

It's 1817 and Rosie has lived all her life in Parramatta. Pa came to the colony in New South Wales as a free settler and is a successful trader, importing goods from foreign lands. Ma is an ex-convict who stitches fine gowns for the ladies of the colony. Now Pa's brother is on his way from England with his family to join them. Rosie can hardly contain her excitement. She and Cousin Amelia will surely become the best of friends, sharing secrets and adventures. When Pa decides to take Rosie along with him and the new arrivals to help set up their farm in the bush a day's journey from town, she...

A beautiful collection of essays that touches on the universal search for meaning and inspires readers to reach out for the still waters of the spirit. The human heart longs for peace and harmony. It seeks a restful haven from the relentless busyness of everyday life, drawing us to spend tranquil moments in natural surrounds that offer a brief respite from the hustle and bustle. There is a state of inner stillness, when the endless chatter of the mind has ceased, that a deeper understanding arises. These are the 'still waters' that bring new life to mankind, that lay claim to the heart and...