Giving Thanks
While Canadian Thanksgiving is in October, I thought I’d use the occasion of US Thanksgiving to articulate some of the things I’m grateful for. The list could be much longer
November 23, 2017
While Canadian Thanksgiving is in October, I thought I’d use the occasion of US Thanksgiving to articulate some of the things I’m grateful for. The list could be much longer
It began like this. “We should do another bike trip,” my husband said a year ago. “Mm hmm,” I replied. “Before we get too old,” he added. Too old? Surely, mid-sixties
More photos from our trip to France, which is sadly almost over. Back to porridge and old clothes as my husband’s grandmother would say. Overall, we saw chateaus built from
Dear readers … all sorts of things going on here in Tod-land. Some on the writing front and others on the home front, so I’m taking a break from the
In a slim volume of selections from Gift From the Sea, where Anne Morrow Lindbergh muses on self, soul, woman’s life and purpose, I found the following: … the answer
A departure from historical fiction to consider life in general. One of my favourite newspapers is the New York Times. We get the Sunday NYT in Toronto as well as
If I were cleverer or a more experienced writer, I would have written my novels as a series. Planned them out in such a way that novel one would have
After a crazy-busy summer, I’ve spent almost two weeks working on my latest manuscript. The concentrated time has been perfect. Some tactics that have made it productive: Organize – clear
Having just returned from Chicago, where we helped our daughter and son-in-law with their toddler and newborn, I am reminded of the chaos each family faces in such circumstances. Toddlers
Ian and I have seen a number of great movies so far at TIFF this year in addition to A United Kingdom, which I posted about on Tuesday. MARIE CURIE –
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
