Musings from Middle Earth (1)
Are We Ready for the Big One? So many people have told me how much Christchurch is like my hometown of Victoria. These are the...
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- Mar 5, 2015
Middle Earth, I mean New Zealand, here I come
It’s been a while since I’ve had anything interesting to talk about on my blog, so this Sunday I’m headed down under to see a part of the...
- Nov 10, 2014
The Latest Book News
On Saturday, November 15, the main branch of the Victoria Public Library is having a sale of books of local authors. I’ll be there...
- Sep 2, 2014
Announcements
I’m giving away 5 free copies of The Serpentine Garden Path at Goodreads on October 1st. Check it out at Goodreads. All you have to do is...
- Jul 30, 2014
Procrastination
Today I shall write for the sheer joy and pleasure it will bring me and not to produce something grand or even good. Yet every word tends...
- Jun 24, 2014
Dead People: Part 2
My husband David is a genealogy buff, and recently he finished writing a history of my Malcolm ancestors who came to Victoria from...
- Jun 21, 2014
Dead People (Part One)
I hear dead people. I do. Sometimes it’s surprising the lengths they go to to speak to me. Sometimes I have no idea what they’re trying...
- Jun 3, 2014
The Spirituality of Writing
Star Billing Our writing workshop began yesterday evening. There were ten of us– nine women and one man. We talked about writing and then...
- May 19, 2014
A Backwards Trip Up the Rhine
“Alles gute zum Mutter Tag” It was Mother’s Day and nearing the end of our trip to Germany and I was finally going to get the gift I had...
- May 11, 2014
Spargel Time in Germany
Highlight of Heidelberg After our quick trip to France, we hopped on a high speed train to Germany and said good-bye to Switzerland. We...
- May 8, 2014
Whimsical Folk Art We Saw in Switzerland
Fragment of a Roman Mosaic from Aventicum One of the first photographs I took on arriving in Zürich was a rather large and gaudy angel...
- May 6, 2014
Delicious Food We Have Eaten in Switzerland
Margo taking a picture of Swiss fondue Being of a certain age, my sister Margo and I are not accustomed to taking pictures of our food...
- May 5, 2014
Daring Things We Have Done in Switzerland
I arrived in Zürich on the first of May. Having several hours to wait before my sister Margo’s train arrived. I attended a May Day...
- Apr 29, 2014
Switzerland and Germany Trip
This is the first blog in a series that I will post on my two-week vacation. Tomorrow I’m flying to Zurich to meet my sister Margo. She’s...
- Jan 22, 2014
Dreams and Marketing
I dreamed I had just published a book and on the cover was a picture of me as a baby. Easy interpretation that: everyone knows my book is...
- Jan 14, 2014
Where I write
This is a lovely room with a Murphy wall bed on one side in case anyone comes to visit. I don’t write when I have children or...
- Dec 10, 2013
NaNoWriMo 2013 Over and Out
The task of writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November is over. Actually, I made it to 53,000 words. Admittedly, what I’ve...
- Dec 9, 2013
Successful Launch
I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...
- Dec 4, 2013
Countdown to Book(s) Launch
Just a reminder that I will be launching two books this Friday, December 6th at 1:00 at First Metropolitan United Church on the corner of...
- Oct 10, 2013
Successful launch
It’s great to be back in Victoria after spending a few weeks in Edmonton where I launched by books. If you came out to one of the two...
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