First published in 1945, the Homecraft book is an assortment of advice across a myriad of subjects for the post-war woman, wife and mother. It offers bite-sized snippets of advice on the subjects of house, health, beauty and dress. Over 60,000 copies were sold which I presume shows the emphasis at the time on the need to be thrifty [...]
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ……
You can win a set of six of these coasters featuring the “Driving into the sunset” illustration from Would You Marry A Farmer? – perfect for placing under that glass of wine or can of beer while dropping a hint at the same time. They can [...]
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ……..
Today you can win a copy of both books, Would You Marry A Farmer? and How To Be A Perfect Farm Wife, by following me on Twitter and RTing this tweet or sending out the tweet in the [...]
Last Thursday, farmers heard that Pat Smith, the Executive Secretary to the IFA received almost €1million as income in two years. As I pointed out in my post last Friday, these funds were taken from the annual income of the IFA, about €13 million. Farmers paid membership subscriptions and levies to fund this.
It appears that he was removed from his post on the same day. Last Friday, he was still being described as a brilliant strategist. But was [...]
I am really excited to announce that the front cover image of How To Be A Perfect Farm Wife got a gold star in the October eBook Cover Awards. Many book covers are submitted each month and some get some feedback from Joel. This month 111 fiction covers and 19 non-fiction covers were submitted. There’s a winner in each category and a couple of gold stars in each too.
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