2018 book round up
This is my year-end wrap-up of the books I read in 2018. Well, it’s not all the books I’ve read,…
What’s up with ‘u’
In case you didn’t know, I’m Canadian. Reading some of my past posts, you might have guessed — or I…
A donkey’s rear end
I have a thing for donkeys. I think they’re adorable. My favourite character in Winnie-the-Pooh was always Eeyore. But this…
Putting in the klicks
No, that’s not a typo in the title: klicks is slang for kilometres. What follows is my musing about how…
Plotting a novel: focused creativity
I recently signed up for grocery delivery, part of which is a produce box with a selection of produce. Having…
A little knowledge…
What’s that saying? More important that knowing what you know is knowing what you don’t know? Or something like that…I…
Book review: Linesman
I recently finished Linesman by S. K. Dunstall (the nom de plume for a pair of sisters from Australia). It’s a compelling,…
The backdrop of Wakanda
Black Panther showed up on Netflix recently, meaning I had to re-watch it so I could get into Wakanda again.…
Under plastic
This summer the city I live in banned single-use, disposable plastics – things like plastic shopping bags. This got me thinking about the plastics in my own life (as did the coincidental National Geographic issue Planet or Plastic).