Taking life for granted

I walk through the park nearly every day from the gym. Yesterday, I decided to take a phot of the path, in black and white. Not sure, why! I am not a photographer, or a budding photographer. Today, I decided to stop and take in my surroundings and take a photo. The only time, I take photos are off the kids, due to the fact I feel they grow too fast.
Later, at home, I looked at the photo, almost in a trance. Not because of the beauty of the photo. Simply because of one thing………………………….
I have walked this path, over a thousand times, and not one time, have I realised the beauty of it. It made me realise that there are so many things, I take for granted in life. Sure, I have my good times, which feel too unreal now…………..sometimes it feels like the end of my world and throws me, and makes me question who I am.
Sometimes, if I stop – listen and think for one moment, I would see beauty all the time. Not when my life is good and things are going good. This is not the meaning of seeing beauty. The beauty is in the appreciation of life regardless of how you want to see it, see it for what it really is……………
We all know life is too short, so why do we continually take it for granted.

Europa Rising

In the depths of space, millions of kilometres beyond Jupiter, the European cruiser, Onbevreesd, detects an extraordinary signal. Two days after she alters course to investigate, the ship disappears and so occurs the catalyst that begins a chain of events that will endanger the entire human race.
Commander Charles Kwetche is appointed to the elderly NASA frigate, Cabot; his mission, investigate the disappearance of the Onbevreesd beyond the Jovian system. As he probes into the loss, Kwetche finds an unnerving mystery involving the exobiological expedition of an industrial conglomerate on Europa; the alarming actions of a rogue United Nations cruiser, and the mysterious signal aimed at Europa.


Europa Rising is available on Amazon, Ibooks, Sony Books, Diesel Books, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.

This is my first novel, a full length military sci-fi with a hint of techno-thriller mixed in. It is also a near future look at the Terran expansion into space with multi-national conglomerates and resource driven governments driving the rapid movement beyond the inner solar system. On Sale, at Amazon is also an examination of that life in space where weeks and months of travel in cold enclosed environments are marked by wearying repetitive routine in a lonely and very unforgiving environment.

Comfortably Awkward By Kenny Scudero

Book Review: Kenny´s first novel, and a book worth reading. Why? Because, we all can relate to it, we strive to achieve something so badly. The down side, what happens when you get it! The disappointments, the confusion, the reality check, of I am in my dream job, so why am I still not happy? Intriguing, and different, because there are not many books about men and their confusions and feelings in different situation’s. I felt this book captured that, and this intrigued me. It is a mixture of the ´Firm´, an insight into the American Stockbroking dream, with a mixture of a confused young adult. He is now pursuing his lifelong dream, or so he thought.......................