Voice of encouragement at break of day: “Pickup your pack, O Pilgrim, and away!” This doth the voice of Home each new dawn say. Those who go daily forth are blessed by her, feeling their spirits rise, their pulses stir, for Home is both a magnet and a spur. She sends us forth each morn with strength to fight, yet draws us to her loving arms at night. O Home! thou art the temple of delight. Thou art the very heart of beauteous life, a fortress armed against invading strife, love’s citadel for children, husband, wife. Thou art a garden, … Continue reading ..read more

Well, I have finally finished this memoir, the cover was created from an old family photo of our homestead house. It took quite a while to write it, going back and forth between what I remembered and what I wanted to share. And now that I’ve declared it finished, I still feel compelled to go back and rewrite many parts of it. I guess it will never be perfect and I’ll just have to live with that. ? It won’t be published for a few months. Back blurb: This is the story of my family’s adventure. We left the Canadian … Continue reading ..read more

I developed a sciatica problem in October, and have been fighting it ever since. My GP gave me pain meds, and after 4 visits I managed to twist his arm enough to get an X-ray. The bones in my back were severely compressed. Too many car accidents? Maybe. At any rate, I gave up on physiotherapy and chiropractic treatments after 15 such sessions. Now I’ve got acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and an inversion table. Have you ever seen one? I hadn’t either until we did some research. Here’s what mine looks like. You just strap yourself in and turn the table … Continue reading ..read more

As we approach the New Year (can you believe it?) I’m looking forward with excitement and gratitude to what it might bring. I wish you all great things in 2024 ..read more

We took a short trip through the province of Quebec to follow the colours. We started in Montreal, drove to Quebec City, over to the Eastern Townships, then west to Ottawa. In some areas the leaves hadn’t changed much, and a few areas had already passed their brightest colour ..read more

My latest book is live. Kitty is an environmental blogger. She writes about the reduction of salmon spawn, the depletion of the numbers of whales, the loss of old growth forests. Then she decides to go undercover to work for a logging company and discover what she can about illegally cutting the old growth trees. Kitty knows there are secrets, and she plans to find them. Family tradition is important to Mack. Like his father, he’s worked in the bush and now he’s become a logging surveyor. When he meets Kitty in the Island office of Rushbrook Timber, he is … Continue reading ..read more

Aqatain the First created an empire. Is Aqatain the Second about to destroy it? Second waited years to take his father’s place as Emperor. Now he’ll rule the territories his way. He can do anything he wants. Then he encounters Jenna. Why can’t he have her, too? Jenna, however, has plans of her own. She meets Sergeant Ryall Norcross of the empire military and the two fall in love. With determination, Norcross sets out to make her his own. He soon finds himself in opposition to his own commanding officer, and the supreme ruler of the Empire. Yet, when rebellion … Continue reading ..read more

I know most of you have a reading list that you hope to tackle when the time is right. I, however, have a reading pile. When I find a book that is intriguing, I grab it and put it in the pile. It looks like this– It kind of looks like it might fall over, right? But hopefully it won’t. I can add to those titles. One book would be “My Life” by Golda Meir. I read it years ago and want to read it again. It’s a fascinating story. Another would be “Cryptonomicon” by Neal Stephenson. Again, I read … Continue reading ..read more

Aqatain the First created an empire. Is Aqatain the Second about to destroy it? Second waited years to take his father’s place as Emperor. Now he’ll rule the territories his way. He can do anything he wants. Then he encounters Jenna. Why can’t he have her, too? Jenna, however, has plans of her own. She meets Sergeant Ryall Norcross of the empire military and the two fall in love. With determination, Norcross sets out to make her his own. He soon finds himself in opposition to his own commanding officer, and the supreme ruler of the Empire. Yet, when rebellion … Continue reading ..read more

I hadn’t been to the lake all summer and really wanted a swim. So I arranged the day and we set off. There were hobbits there, to my surprise. The weather was supposed to be sunny with light clouds, but it was soon heavily clouded and a loud rumble began. I thought it was a big truck going up the road behind the lake, but it continued, getting louder. Soon it was right above us, heavy thunder. As it got louder, we looked around wondering where the lightening would appear. Then it dumped rain, huge pellets of water as we … Continue reading ..read more