I keep writing about working through distractions – oh those distractions – and thinking they can’t get worse. I have to stop that....

Calgary is astounding. We’ve been hit with massive flooding from torrential rains upstream, with just enough notice to evacuate low-lying...

Some days, writing doesn’t come. I can’t just sit down and work on a story, even though I have words pressing into my fingers, wanting to...

There’s something about roses as they begin to decay that I find exquisitely beautiful – something I can feel on my tongue, not as a...

My organizational frenzy has faded away, as quickly as it arrived. But it has pushed me to continue to organize (reluctantly, I must...

I’ve learned that the former Edmonton Municipal Airport site redevelopment is going to include a large urban park named after my great...

Once again I’m not-writing-because-I-have-a-cold. However, oddly, as I recover (except for the endless hacking-up-a-lung cough), I have...

Yesterday was devoted to the Young Alberta Book Society AGM. The day began with a road trip to Lacombe with writer Jan Markley and...

The ecosystem of my garden has changed, with the construction next door. The shady spots no longer have shade, after the huge spruce...

Several weeks ago I spent a day at a Donald Maass workshop. The focus was on character and emotion, a good balance to the John Truby...

Friends are in town from Scotland, and I spent a day with Chris, while his wife was at a conference. We drove south of Calgary and then...

Today the house came down. The excavator arrived last night, and spent a couple of hours crushing tree branches, and then began digging...

After two years of renovations (bathroom, and front entry repair two years ago, kitchen, and back entry repair last year), we were...

For the last day of our mountain weekend, we hiked up to Marble Canyon, a brief climb up stairs and pathways, on ice and mud, surrounded...

After a Donald Maass workshop on Saturday (more on that later), I headed up to Lake Louise for a family holiday. The weather is amazing –...

I adore my computers, both the desktop and my laptop. I am addicted to the internet, love the ease I can find things with Google, use...

A month after the first flower opened in my garden, we’re still at the first flowers stage. I now have crocuses, snowdrops, scilla, and...

I’ve been thinking about writers, and Earth Day. I went looking for quotes, and found passages so quickly it stunned me. Is it so easy?...

After an early morning session in the garden, skunk-proofing around our deck (at least, we hope it’s now skunk-proof!), before the next...

Today was my last session as WIR at a local elementary school. I spent the morning with the grade 5s and 6s, using weird bug photos for...