Several people have asked me how the puppy’s doing, so here’s an update: In the four weeks we’ve had her, she’s just about doubled in size, from 5 ½ pounds to 9, and that was last week at the vet, so she’s probably closer to double now. Life is really difficult for Sadie, as she… Continue reading Puppy update
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Christmas Cards
I love Christmas cards. Okay, the truth is I love most of the cheesy, sentimental things about the holiday. But real mail, mail that doesn’t come from the cable company, the power company or the bank is a rare commodity these days, and it’s one I especially appreciate. Christmas cards don’t arrive with the frequency… Continue reading Christmas Cards
How's the weather?
Compuserve forum member and Surrey conference attendee Ev Bishop tackles the question of weather in fiction today at her blog, here. “Can you believe the rain” and conversations of that ilk may not have a place in fiction dialogue without a really compelling underlying reason for including them, but even without talking about it, weather… Continue reading How's the weather?
Some days, it just doesn't work
Today is one of just two days I have remaining before I’ll be out of quiet writing time until the 4th of January when the school holidays are over. I have errands to run: I’m nowhere near finished Christmas shopping, the cupboards are nearly bare, and I think we’re running low on TP. But when… Continue reading Some days, it just doesn't work
Trouble
It’s been a busy week around here, as you may have noticed from the complete lack of attention I’ve given to this blog (and Facebook and Twitter, for that matter). Part of the reason came to us Monday night, when we surprised our daughter with the one thing she’s wanted more than anything for years:… Continue reading Trouble
It never rains…
The old adage holds true today, literally and metaphorically. It’s pouring here, with twice the average monthly rainfall for November expected in just three days. I live in an urban rainforest. November isn’t exactly noted for its arid quality at the best of times. At the moment, things around here are less “life imitating art”… Continue reading It never rains…
Remembrance Day
It’s Remembrance Day today. We sat together as a family and watched the CBC coverage of the ceremony at our nation’s capital, as is our tradition on this morning. I’m a total mush about the occasion. The faces of the teary-eyed old men make me cry. Most of them don’t talk about their experiences easily,… Continue reading Remembrance Day
One Singular Sensation…
I’m just back from seeing A Chorus Line at the Centre in Vancouver. I loved it. I saw the movie years ago, long enough to have forgotten pretty much everything except the premise and the closing number, but I was looking forward to seeing it again. And now I remember why I liked it the… Continue reading One Singular Sensation…
Falling Back
It’s that time of year again. Saturday night we got our extra hour, and now it’ll be dark before afternoon’s even had a chance to take hold. In the place I call home, at the corner of the Canada/US border and the Pacific Ocean (well, the Straight of Georgia if you’re being picky), we’ve begun… Continue reading Falling Back
SiWC 2009
Well, Surrey’s over for another year, and thanks to a husband kind enough to turn off my alarm this morning and handle the getting-child-to-school routine alone, I’m not quite as physically and mentally exhausted as I expected to be today. Don’t get me wrong; I’m still far from functioning normally, as the quality of this… Continue reading SiWC 2009