We got back from our vacation in Dawson Creek, B.C. at the end of July. Dawson Creek is a town in northeast B.C. Near Alberta's western boundary, it is Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway. Our daughter's family moved there some months ago, and this was our second visit (the first was this winter/spring). One… Continue reading Dawson Trail Tanka (1)
August Here already —with your brown lawns and leggy baskets blushing tomatoes and blackening berries, hairy, husky ears of corn? Your arrival means it’s time for our last summer fling on ferry boats to azure islands where we’ll walk beaches with nervous crickets and hungry wasps hunt shells, snap starfish read in the dappled shade… Continue reading August
I'm excited about launching a newsletter! In it I'll be sharing: Book recommendations. I discover some wonderful books as a book reviewer. Bible study tips and aids. In 4+ years of writing daily devotions, I've found many helpful resources. Author news. The newsletter will come out quarterly (four times a year). I'm currently collecting… Continue reading I’d love to have you on my list
Today we Canadians celebrate Canada's 147th birthday! I love Canada and am proud to be Canadian. However, some things in our culture cause me concern. The rise of political correctness and the marginalization of people who hold to traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs is one. In our Sunday church service we spent some time commemorating Canada. A… Continue reading Happy Birthday Canada!
Writing Beside the path that winds through my waking and sleeping, grow, like wild flowers, scenes, insights, connections. Some days I am too rushed or distracted to see. On others I am wiser, live with the perception that gathers a bouquet, chooses one or two to press between the covers of a book. © 2004… Continue reading Writing
************* Despite my accident earlier this spring, I've been getting out for a walk most days. Perhaps the fact that I go more slowly (cane and all) has heightened my enjoyment of spring this year. Many days what I see on my walk becomes the day's poem (especially this April when I've been challenging myself… Continue reading Magnolia haiku
Aside from the blog hop posts and the March almanac, I've taken a break from blogging this month. From February 14th till March 17th I was away at my daughter and son-in-law's home in northern BC. I was there to help with a new baby that joined their family on February 24th. What a happy… Continue reading What’s up, and a giveaway
Giving advice to someone in any business these volatile days is risky—no less in the writing biz. Things have changed drastically since I first put my toe into freelance writing waters, fifteen plus years ago. It's hard to predict what new condition, improvement, or obstacle will come along tomorrow, let alone a year or two… Continue reading Advice I’d give a new writer
Today's Writer's Blog Hop topic: "Character Sketch of My Hero" made me stop and think. What hero did Ruth Snyder, who organized this meme, have in mind? - The hero character of a book or story I'm writing? - My real-life hero? - My heroic ideal?I've decided to write about the hero that ignites my… Continue reading Superwoman
Has poetry brought lovely, interesting, gifted people into your life? It has certainly done that for me. My poet friend and memoirist Tracy Lee Karner (whom I've never met in person) posts a back-and-forth chat we had about poetry and our long-term friendship on her blog today. In it she interviews me and then answers… Continue reading Poetry and long-term friendship
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