On September 28, 2013, I will be giving a workshop at Write! Kitchener on writing Creative Nonfiction for The Word Guild. It’s a great day for a new or intermediate writer. Place: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 54 Queen Street N., … Continue reading →
February photos and here we are in March and though the banks of snow have diminished during some milder weather. Our picnic table had a foot of snow on it and nearly a foot around it, and since it’s in … Continue reading →
This week at the Waterloo Region Museum many have experienced the Circus theme: Science Under the Big Top. Planning it for February to May was a smart move on the Museum’s part since March Break was in the middle. It … Continue reading →
Fellow editors were talking online about the ukulele band they play in. One posted a video titled “The Mighty Uke” which was rather intriguing and a bit amusing, because you see I also own a ukulele. I watched the video … Continue reading →
When I looked outdoors this morning, I knew it was a day to take at least a few winter pictures. The weatherman was indeed right about Wednesday’s storm, yet in town, schools were not cancelled. Snow on top of slush … Continue reading →
In February 2012, I attended the Steckle Farm Family Fun Event as a guest storyteller. Many things were planned: toboganning on the hills around the farm as well as seeing the animals. Only thing, there was little snow last winter. … Continue reading →
Waterloo Region Museum, a celebration of community and the many people who make up Waterloo Region The Conestoga Wagon, pulled by horses, brought many people to our community from the … Continue reading →
The stable awaits and our hearts prepare for the celebration of a special baby. May the Christ Child come to you this season and bring you hope and cheer, and may … Continue reading →
The last day of August. It prompts some to go on one last holiday, if only for a weekend. It gets others thinking about fall and the cold weather that will surely come. Like the squirrels that scavenge for food … Continue reading →
When Ewan Macdonald, a newly ordained Presbyterian minister, came to Ontario in 1911 from Prince Edward Island, it would have been quite a change in place for both Ewan and his wife Maud, L.M. Montgomery, the up and coming author. … Continue reading →
