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 Yesterday I received the proof of the cover for Windfall of the Wise, and I have to say that it looks absolutely brilliant! Black leather look print with gold text-quite striking in its simplicity, and I hope it will stand out like a sore thumb among all the other bright and heavily illustrated volumes on the shelves.  It also got its copyright and ISBN number, (9781438945934).

The back cover text reads;

 ”Windfall of the Wise is a response to the many problems we all share in this life. Problems brought about almost exclusively by the controlling presence of money in our lives.

  The world’s financial institutions are haemorrhaging wealth and security like Niagara Falls. And in response to the crisis incompetent leaders run around like headless chickens, spending our money like a drunken sailor in a tawdry backstreet bordello.

  All the while a global depression inches ever nearer.

  In the present financial climate the stress of living with money is all too evident.

  If you have it, someone is always trying to take it from you. If you don’t have it you know that life can be one hell of a struggle.

  It has been at the root of almost every conflict.

  It is at the bottom of corruption and the majority of all crime.

  It is the absolute cause of poverty and hardship.

  And it rules our lives to such an extent that we are losing our grip on our humanity-every waking hour spent chasing after it, or desperately trying to hold on to what we have already got.

  It can even be argued that the health of Mother Earth herself is in dire jeopardy as a direct result of this absurd pursuit of financial wealth.

  But what if there were other options?

  .

  Windfall of the Wise is a testament, a design for a different and better way of life.

  One lived free from greed, wars, crime, and hardship. It is a life of true security, lived in a happy stable society. One borne of common sense, respect and absolute equality.

  So suspend disbelief. If you cannot open your mind then at least keep it slightly ajar, and see whether you agree or disagree with this author’s argument.”

 I immediately sent back notification that I was satisfied with it.

 Now about the first draft, or ‘galley’ as we authors call them! I have downloaded it, but not finished reading it yet because my old computer died this morning. But as luck would have it I have, after many hours of sweat, and a wide selection of my darkest profanities finally managed to transfer the necessary data to this new machine. So the show is back on the road folks! if all goes well, Windfall of the Wise should be on the shelves soon! Keep watching this space!

 We gathered to pay our respects to the moribund 2008 as the year’s final five hours played out. We had been invited to the beautiful big Victorian end of terrace house in Havard Road Llanelli that is the family home of my sister Christine, and her husband, Huw. We were one of three couples attending the soiree, as well as, and to my great and pleasant surprise Julie, the first of the four great loves of my life.

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