A Life Lesson From Robert Frost
There is something about a walk in the forest to calm my senses. My mind is always whirling with what I’ve written and what I want to write as well…
Read moreThere is something about a walk in the forest to calm my senses. My mind is always whirling with what I’ve written and what I want to write as well…
Read moreNov. 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada and others in the Commonwealth. It’s the day we honor our veterans and those we lost. It seems fitting then to tell you…
Read moreThough sabbaticals are technically two months or longer, I’ve decided to take a mini one, about four weeks off from my blog. I want time to reflect, research, write, and ruminate.…
Read moreI could be blogging about my writing life, but instead I’m writing about the mass shootings in the USA. I am so upset over last week’s mass shooting in Chicago…
Read moreA recent post by Porter Anderson on Jane Friedman’s blog caught my eye. In this article, entitled, When Bad Things (Seem To) Happen on Good Sites, Porter writes about the…
Read moreThe gun debate in the USA reminds me of something a therapist once told me on a particularly cold and snowy day in Winnipeg, back in the 70s. I was…
Read moreI’m sorry I haven’t written sooner, but I’m refueling myself, taking a break traveling and soaking up new horizons. On my travels, I’ve spoken to a number of Americans, who staunchly…
Read moreSmorgasbord is “a wide range of something”, a something author Elizabeth Hay delivers with panache in her Giller award winning novel, Late Nights On Air. She’s given me much food…
Read moreOne Man’s Dreams I learned a lot about following your dreams when I watched Nik Wallenda cross Niagara Falls. It was a nail biting experience, even though I watched the…
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