How To Keep Your Head on Straight
Is it just me or are the last 2 months before publication excruciating???? The past 6 months since final edit has been hard as well but these 67 days are killing me. I’ve been taking lots of walks and trying […]
life
Inspiration
On December 24th, 2004 one of my oldest and dearest friends was swept out to sea by a tsunami. I had no idea she was on a small island off the coast of Thailand, but had thought her safely at […]
Ho Ho Ho
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL FROM SANTA AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Baby Steps
I have the tendency to look forward to all the things I am hoping will happen. This means I exist in a state of anticipation rather than just sitting back and enjoying the good things that come to me. I […]
Nostalgia or something like that
It’s the day before the 1st of December.Tomorrow the kids get their advent calendars (the German kind with chocolates behind each window, of course).I almost bought a box of Xmas crackers this morning. I was supposed to be buying photo […]
Happy Day!
Although I am Canadian, and now (after 30 years or so elsewhere) live in Canada again, and although we celebrated the Canadian Thanksgiving with the rest of the country last month, American Thanksgiving remains close to my heart.As newcomers to […]
Paths
I recently started taking yoga so forgive me if I tread the path of enlightenment for just a moment.There’s a lot of meditation in the class. And also a lot of inversions (hanging upside down), and bendy exercises and pose-striking.(note- […]
Buzzzzzzzyyyyyyyy!
I apologize profusely for not blogging for a couple of weeks.It’s been a combination of sudden frenetic busyness in my world and a lack of very much to say. And I’ve been working on my WIP.Yes, the same old one […]
The Fellowship of Writers
I hope that when a hopeful young writer approaches me I am, well, approachable. I think I am. And as helpful as I can be too, although since I am only just starting out myself, there’s not a whole lot […]
Books. Shelves. My new Office.
I have never met a writer who does not read voraciously. If you have, I have no desire to hear of it. I have an innate distrust and suspicion of anyone who does not have books in their home. It […]