It really truly is spring. I have flowers, I have bugs, and here’s the proof. Maureen

The only way to stay sane through a snowy spring is to never, never fall into the trap of thinking that snow = winter. This is spring...

Feather Brain has been reprinted – this is the fourth print run. The cover is a little darker, and a little glossier. I’m thrilled, and...

Every year in late winter, I begin to watch for my first flower. About a third of the time it arrives in the last week of March;...

In January we stuffed our Christmas tree into a snowbank and I declared it would be spring when the tree fell over. It started to lean in...

I have my treadmill, and I love it. It almost didn’t fit – the official measurements were a little off, and it took a lot of futzing to...

I just got back from a great school visit. I spent the weekend in a Reiki workshop – not a good preparation for a presentation and...

I’ve just finished teaching my second course about writing for children. The first was heavily lecture based; for the second, we agreed...

I have a standing desk. No treadmill yet – it is still to come. We’ll stain the desk once it’s warm enough to work outside, and we’ll...

Last Night I got to hang out with Neil Gaiman, with my daughter and 1098 other fans. Tickets were free (part of the University of Calgary...

It shouldn’t be this much work to get a treadmill. It has become an expedition, in the Winnie The Pooh sense. It’s coming from the...

After years of longing and envy, I have finally figured out how to put a treadmill in my office. A long winter, with too many days too...

I have nothing to blog about. I’ve been watching meditation teachings on-line, vicariously participating in a meditation retreat in...

My battle with the squirrels continues. I bought a new birdfeeder, a mesh cylinder I fill with nuts for woodpeckers and flickers. But the...

I’m teaching Writing For Children Part II at the Alexandra Writers Centre. We’re focusing on writing itself, as the students found...

I tried the “ask a friend” trick on Facebook, trying to find a book I vaguely remembered reading years ago. There were moving sidewalks,...

I’m back from another writing retreat in Canmore, alone in a lovely condo, a wonderful treat courtesy of in-laws. I’ve been malingering...

According to a CNN article, the skating rink at Lake Louise is one of the most beautiful in the world. Every time we go to the mountains,...

When I wrote our Christmas letter, our year sounded so difficult, I had to ease back in the writing so I didn’t depress friends and...

Somehow in the chaos of Christmas, a series of furnace repairs culminating in a furnace replacement, and a cold that sucked my brain down...