I know you haven't heard from me in a while. I'll be posting a blog about that shortly. But for now, let me update you on what I've been very slowly working on over the last few months. New covers. For all my books.  The contents of the books themselves haven't changed. Just the covers.  Believe it or not, this is quite normal because fashions change in book covers just as they do on clothing and funiture styles. A few of my earlier books have had 3 or even 4 different covers at this point.  For a short time, as we make the changeover everywhere, you might see more than one cov ..read more

Thirty years ago today, I sat  in a hospital room in the palliative care section of Brandon Hospital watching as my father gently passed into a different world. A doctor first suggested he might have lung cancer a year before, but then they decided he didn't. But in October of 1992, they changed their minds. He did have lung cancer after all, and it was inoperable. I flew from Toronto to Brandon for a week in the latter part of October. I soon realized that my mother was unable to cope and in denial most of the time. Because we lived so far apart, I hadn't realized that she was slippin ..read more

If you missed part 1, you can find it here. As 2020 started, you were just beginning to feel halfway normal. And then the Covid pandemic began. How did that impact you? Actually, the first thing that happened in 2020 was that one of our sons moved in with us. He and his wife had separated, and since we live less than a ten-minute walk from their house, and we had room, it seemed easiest for him to move in with us. Long story, but when we moved into this house in 2000, we had not only our three youngest sons with us, but also our oldest son, his wife, and their two young kids. They needed to ..read more

Questions you might have about my life in the last four years, and my current goals. In the fall of 2018, you discovered you had cancer. So what happened? In mid-August, I got a post card reminding me that it had been two years since I'd had a mammogram and I needed to make an appointment for one as soon as possible. We were getting ready to go on a three-week holiday to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in late September, and I still had a lot to do before we left, so I almost ignored it. Fortunately, I decided to call and get it over with, and I was able to get an appointment that week because s ..read more

When I got breast cancer 4 years ago, Les and I began watching TV during supper. I mean, we can see each other throughout the day, so it isn’t as if we need to converse while we eat. Since it was relaxing, it was a good use of time.  Note: I bought us some aprons so we don't spill food on our clothes. Turned out to be a great investment.  And when Covid arrived just over a year later, our need to stay safe increased the need for us to have some easy-to-access light entertainment. The world is scary enough right now, so we (okay, I) tend to choose the kind of shows that are relaxing ..read more