This past weekend I attended events for the Wild Writers Festival in Waterloo, Ontario. Friday evening, the events began with The Rock Comes to Waterloo, with Wayne Johnston and Donna Morrissey plus other winners of New Quarterly fiction, non-fiction and … Continue reading →
With Remembrance Day coming so soon and cadets and veterans selling poppies, it’s the perfect time to listen to Adele Simmons’ beautiful tribute. She’s humble and would want the focus on the reason for our remembrance. To those who fought … Continue reading →
Today I posted at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian as I do each month. I had the opportunity of speaking to a gathering of Rotarians in Guelph, Ontario. Read the post here about becoming a speaker. While you’re there, look … Continue reading →
Since the last few posts have been about writing, I thought I’d share a link that a fellow editor posted to our listserv yesterday. Since some editors are also writers, it was certainly applicable, and since editors work with words, … Continue reading →
A few posts ago, I wrote about the empty page and the challenge it can be to writers. Sometimes those words just roll out on the page and then other times they don’t. When I speak to a group … Continue reading →
It’s such a beautiful day that I could not stay inside, and so I went out with camera in hand. the last of my morning glories, fading a little at a time facing the sun bearberry (uva ursi arctostaphylus), with … Continue reading →
Today I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go there and read my post “Learning to Give Thanks.” Stay awhile and be encouraged, entertained and inspired by the posts of other Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Blessings … Continue reading →
“Since 1915 the 4-H program in Ontario has made a big difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of 4-H members, volunteers and club leaders like you.” –from the Leadership in Action, volume 13, issue 01 The 4-H club … Continue reading →
This morning at our church a child was to be baptized and so the pastor, in his children’s message, asked if the children knew what it meant to be baptized. A cousin of the child to be baptized offered that … Continue reading →
Last evening I had the opportunity to speak to a group of writers in Drayton, Ontario, an evening I’ve been looking forward to since early August. Writers Unite meets once a month in an art studio called Studio Factor on … Continue reading →
