Hmmm. Seems that you, dear subscriber, have not been receiving my posts. Son James to the rescue! He says, “For some reason the plugin that managed your subscriptions hadn’t auto-updated, and was disabled.” He updated the whozits and whazits and I’m assuming this wee note will get through to everyone. Meanwhile, you may get a […]
Pleased (and excited) to be giving three non-fiction writing workshops this winter via Zoom. Here are the blurbs and links. Please check them out … and help spread the word! Putting the Creative in Creative Non Fiction with Alexandra Writing Centre Society, eight weeks. Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. MT (4-6 p.m. AST) starting Feb. 5th https://www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p638/putting-the-creative-in-creative-nonfiction.html […]
Three days short of a year since I popped into view. Wowzas! Rather than look back, here’s the now-news: I have Lyme. Fortunately, I don’t have migraines, extreme joint pain, or worse. What I do have, however, is a debilitating fatigue and ‘brain fog.’ Although I’ve heard that term before, I never knew what it […]
Summer came … and left. And for the first time in years I found myself with time on my hands. Time to enjoy visits with family and friends; time to paddle; time to dawdle in the garden, take photos, read; time to spend at The Shack dabbling in the realm of writing essays; and time […]
In less than three weeks it will be summer. Last I knew, it was winter. Or so it seems. Methinks that time thieves are on the loose again. The good news is that I’ve been preparing to give a workshop for the Writers Federation of New Brunswick via Zoom titled The Power of Prompts. Just […]
Remember Tom Paxton’s song that the Irish Rovers (and others) sang back in 1973, “Wasn’t that a party…” Well that’s been buzzin’ around in my head all day save that it’s turned into “Wasn’t that a winter …” only my version is riddled with expletives. Barrie and I were in NB over the weekend celebrating […]
I’ve not thought about the word “cheer” as an actual feeling until today. But I have been feeling cheery of late—thanks to a little bird. This feeling started about a week ago when a bird showed up on our front deck under a birdhouse where we put suet for the woodpeckers. I thought at first […]
In less than forty-eight hours it will officially be winter–with Christmas on its heels. Seems that fall came and went in the flash of an eye. SWISH! Just like that. Although I slowed down–way way down–time, it seems, did not. This past November I turned seventy-seven and celebrated my personal “new year” by spending a […]
Well, that’s not really true. Leaves are very complex in structure, design and makeup, not to mention what they contribute to the life of a tree. But my crazy life of late has slowed down and I can now take the time to do simple things like get up close and personal with a leaf. […]
It’s been ninety-one days since I last posted here. Something I swore I’d never let happen again–let a huge hunk of time lapse before “checking in.” It’s not for lack of content, or what I think would be fun to share; there’s buckets of stuff idling in the wings. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been buckets of […]
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