When you receive a rejection letter from an agent you’ve set your heart and hope on, it helps if you’ve been to the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. Not because they taught you all the ins and outs of getting published. Not because they’ve given you the tools to pitch again. Not because they showed you […]
I read the last lines of the acknowledgment and started to cry. “Heck, talk to me if you want. My contact info’s on the back cover flap, I usually stay up late. Just, you know, talk to somebody. We’re all in his together.” This is how Owen Laukkanen ends his latest book The Watcher in […]
Years ago I realized my dream wasn’t going to come true and I wasn’t marrying George Clooney. Being George’s wife would have made me happy but he married someone else. I was left to find other ways to be content. I survived… and oddly enough, I’m happy. When I hear a local news report about […]
It was going to happen sooner or later. I can blame it all on Tartan Day but that would be a lie. For the second time in 153 weeks I didn’t post a blog on Wednesday. The last time this happened I was in the hospital. This time I was so exhausted even a penguin […]
Easter is very different than Christmas. It’s easy to be a Tibetan Buddhist at Christmas. Easter… not so much. Or maybe it’s just the Christians I spend my time with. For the last week they’ve been wailing at how we’ve forgotten what Easter is all about. Maybe they haven’t been watching the TV coverage because […]
She annoyed me at times… she was often a little too perky. My clock radio would come on at 5am and there she was. Cheerful and happy and no matter what the weather or circumstance, she would find a bright angle to focus on. She joked around and made a chatty […]
Our minds are forever leaping around. Jumping from one thought to another. I was reminded of this when I reintroduced some serious meditation back into my daily routine. The return was not planned but when I decluttered my apartment I realized I had room for a perfect meditation space. A little corner that reminded me […]
I love my apartment building. We are our own little neighbourhood. It helps that we’re also in Kerrisdale, a perfect, throwback, mid-scale, little part of Vancouver. You get to know your neighbours. People come and people go. Some, like me, have been here for years. We chat in the laundry room, parking lot and stairwells. […]
What makes a good personal trainer? Great question. It’s what I was asked when I told a friend I wanted to hire a personal trainer for myself. Life’s gotten crazy busy and showing up for weight training is easier if you’ve booked a specific time with someone. A ready-made incentive. It’s all about that commitment […]
Why is it so surprising when someone is kind and generous? Back in January 2015 I got an email from kc dyer asking for my help to find a man in a kilt for a photo shoot. Well of course I know many men with kilts, but the one I thought would be most appropriate […]
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