Liebster Award
My blog has been awarded the Liebster Award by fellow blogger Violet Nesdoly, whose poetry I enjoy reading. She’s a novelist too. The deal with this award is to nominate other deserving blogs as well … Continue reading →
Category Archives: books
Canadian Writers Who Are Christian–Turn over a new leaf
Today, the first day in 2013, a new year waiting for you. What are your hopes and dreams and plans? And who is included in those plans? This morning, I posted at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go there and … Continue reading →
That Stings!
Daily Prompt: That Stings! Franz Kafka said, “We ought to read only books that bite and sting us.” What’s the last thing you read that bit and stung you? Recently, after my nineteen-year-old niece’s presentation about her trip to Ecuador with … Continue reading →
From my Grandmother’s cookbook to a family collection
Ardena and William Herlick Years after my maternal grandmother died, I found myself in the middle of a project—organizing a family cookbook. The initial spark came from a family Christmas gathering in late November 2009. We cousins put our heads … Continue reading →
Maud in Leaskdale–Part II: The Historic Church
A short walk down the street from the manse [Part I] in Leaskdale is the historic church, one of the parishes that called Ewan Macdonald to Ontario—St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. In … Continue reading →
What is a ten year letter?
The study in the Leaskdale Manse and the place where Lucy Maud Montgomery typed out her book manuscripts. Also the place where her husband Ewen wrote his sermons. Maud wrote all her … Continue reading →
What’s New at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian?
Today I blogged over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go on over and read my post—It’s a God Thing— as well as posts by other authors who write there regularly. We write on a variety of subjects in our … Continue reading →
Canadian Writers Who Are Christian
Today I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian, the authors blog hosted by The Word Guild. Go here to read it. You might also like to read the posts of other authors. We write on many topics, … Continue reading →
Saturday Snapshots– Latitudes Storytelling Festival
I’ve been involved with Latitudes Storytelling Festival for several years now, acting as a host in one of the tents, introducing and thanking speakers, then sitting back and enjoying the stories. When I met Aubrey Davis at the event in … Continue reading →
Notes from Innisfree –Interviewed by Susan Barclay
When I started writing, I thought how neat it would be to interview other writers and artists to learn more about the work they do and help promote their artistic ventures, never thinking that one day it could be me … Continue reading →