It’s time for my annual blog post about what I read in the past year! Buoyed up by having read 67 books in 2018—more, in fact, because I realized later there were a few that I had forgotten to count--in 2019, I joined the #95books challenge. I was way ahead…
Read MoreIn no particular order... 1. America: the service really is better, notwithstanding the grumpy man at the New York Times booth (Picture not available). 2. But all the medical ads are unsettling. Also, did you know the art gallery doesn't allow guns on the premises? Now you do. [caption id=""…
Read MoreI recently got tagged in the Canadian Writers’ Writing Process Blog Tour, which has been going around for months. I was tagged by Ottawa writer Cameron Anstee. So, I’ve got four questions to answer: 1. What am I working on? Well, this is awkward, because that was what my last…
Read MoreSo, a little over a week ago, we ordered Chinese food. My fortune read thusly: [caption id="attachment_368" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="My fortune"][/caption] In case you can’t read that terrible photo, it says, “Something interesting will happen soon at work.” Or, on the French side of the fortune, “Il se produira bientôt…
Read MoreYes, I know I've been neglectful. For the month of May, I'll be poem-blogging again over at http://maydaypoems.blogspot.com/, courtesy the wonderful Ariel Gordon. First poem tomorrow... I hope.
Read MoreI wrote and posted this on the last day of The May Day Poetry Project this year, but I think it bears reposting here to herald the end of summer. It takes on a few new meanings at this time of year. The poem's a bit of a short-liner, which…
Read MoreHow does anyone get anything done when they have children? While preparing to join the not-very-elite club of people who have reproduced, I was told repeatedly that my standards would have to slide. If those people were referring to housework, then they were certainly right, and I’ve got to say…
Read MoreThis past week I took a fairly enjoyable class in "Instructional Methods" along with 19 other instructors, mostly from Red River College. We spent most of the week listening to each other teach. We were a class of guinea pigs, testing out our colleagues' lessons. I now know only a…
Read MoreMay Day is over -- does that mean I have to blog in prose again? I did great at the beginning of the month, by the second week I just couldn't write on the weekends, and any day post-Victoria Day was hit or miss. Today I posted my last, "Petering…
Read MoreFor the month of May I'll be blogging poetically at Ariel Gordon's sixth annual May Day Project blog. It's a challenge to write and post a new poem every day. They may only be first drafts, but it's a fantastic motivation to write. I'll be trying not to cheat with…
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