Ontario Bound!

I’m off to Ontario dark and early tomorrow morning to take part in the Sudbury literary festival, Wordstock, so Hallowe’en is a bit of a non-event for me this year (other than wine time with J. accompanied by rec room horror movie watching along with equally as frightening last minute packing… I hate packing…) Yesterday, […]

All Poetry (Most) Of the Time

Yesterday, one of my appreciated and admired ARC (advance reading copy) readers gave a sneak peek of my new novel to the Twitterverse, which shows a slightly earlier version of the (gorgeous!) cover. So, what better time to share a sneak peek! Soon, I’ll do a full reveal of this totally stunning cover in all […]

Events in June

I was up in The Pas last week, teaching, sharing Following Sea, seeing some old friends, and – it turns out – helping rescue a kitten. Meet Merlin (named more for the hawk, than the wizard, but seeing how he worked his magic, I think the moniker fits). I’m preparing now for a reading and […]

Fun!

I’ve been thinking about fun lately. Seems strange, given the state of the world. Ugh. But something has shifted in me (if you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably read that before… insert self-deprecating chuckle here…) Maybe it’s the result of the last few years, learning over and over again how fragile life is, how short. […]