Empty Dashboards and Blogs with No Names

I’ve been practising what all good networkers do, meeting fellow writers, bloggers and fellow business people at events and connecting with many of them through social media. On making the effort to get around, I invariably come up with a … Continue reading →

Contest season again at Toastmasters

Contest winners at the Fall District 86 Toastmasters conference in London, Ontario, 2011. February, for those who aren’t familiar with Toastmasters, is a contest month, one of the two times in the year that Toastmasters hold speaking contests. For the … Continue reading →

You Can Be A Hero Again!

Once a month, approximately, I blog over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. It’s a place to be inspired  and challenged by others. Sometimes you’ll laugh too. We are Canadian writers with a Christian worldview. Today my post is titled, … Continue reading →

What a time to think about spring

The sky is cold and dreary today, but the sun peeks out from those gray clouds every now and then. Light snow fell last evening, thus the need for the snow shovel this morning. My husband cleaned off our driveway … Continue reading →

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 →

A big step from the Ice Breaker

The beginning of a new year is a good time to reflect on accomplishments and look forward to the next step—the next contest season and a speech for the International speech contest particularly. As I prepare to take a next … Continue reading →