This summer during my epic road trip to and from Northwestern Ontario, I attempted to stop and take pictures of all grain elevators along the way. On the eastward portion of my journey, I traveled with my sister, Sharon. We were taking our Mother’s remains back to Kakabeka Falls, Ontario. Mom’s wish was to be […]
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Today, instead of putting a question as my subject line, I have given the answer. What is the question? First, let me tell you a story. I am a writer after all. This morning, as I was mopping the floor I was thinking about Horatio Spafford who wrote the well-known Christian hymn, It is Well with my
It is Well with my Soul. Read More
The answer to this question finds its basis in the eternal nature of God himself. When God’s creativity found its expression by giving life to this earth and mankind, his plan and purpose was an everlasting relationship with his creation. He created humans in his image. He breathed into the bodies he made from dirt,
How Can God be with us Always? Read More
While making the myriad preparations for an upcoming trip, I realized I had not yet published my post on the last conference I attended. So here it is. Central Coast Writer’s Conference I attended the Central Coast Writer’s Conference held annually in San Luis Obispo, California in September. It was a new conference for me
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Recently, a friend commented on my website. She said “On your homepage, you talk about your faith and that there is a Christian element in your novels. But you don’t really talk about your faith in your blog posts.” I had been thinking of this in recent months before she even said anything, and I
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We were blessed to have a Sisters in Crime conference here in Victoria, BC on 19 August 2018. I’m a bit late sharing my experience but still wanted to tell you about it in hopes you might be encouraged to attend a conference in the future, either with them or another organization. I love when it
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On the 25th of October 1918, seventeen days before Armistice Day, my father turned 18. He would have been of legal age to be conscripted into the fighting on the European front. Until 1917 there had been no conscription in Canada. But the Canadian government decided that the losses were so great and were outnumbering
Remembrance Day – 100th Anniversary of WWI Armistice Read More
This is the first of my newly themed Friday posts, Loving and Giving, where I will highlight an individual or organization that seeks to better the lives of their fellow human beings. They do so by hands-on acts of kindness and rescue or by choosing to bring to light a dark aspect of the human
Today, I begin a new theme for my posts on Thursdays. Travel. And it is also a Throwback Thursday this week as I talk about trips before 2018. Trips that continue to inspire me. In 1998, I spent a month in Los Angeles taking part in a Shakespeare acting course with the London Academy of
A Writer’s Passion – Travel Read More
Illuminated Manuscripts give me an amazing amount of pleasure and inspiration. On this blog, today is Something Beautiful Monday and this is the cover image of the latest addition to my personal library. I found this beautiful book Friday in the rare book section of our local beloved bookstore – Russell Books. During my Medieval Studies
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