And baby makes five…

Wow, this is the time of year when tradition rules all. One of my favorite memories that continues every year (in one form or another) is the Christmas Pageant, often put on by the church’s Sunday School program. What better way to help children–and adults!–remember the true gift of Christmas than to participate in acting…

Friday, June 12th, we hit the road at 4am in order to shoot for a ferry reservation clear across the province of BC. We know it takes *about* 10 hours to get there, needed to be at the landing 40 minutes before sailing or lose our reservation (what’s up with that???), and needed to allow…

Mar passed on this link to an article by C. J. Cherryh on Writerisms and other Sins. Good information on writing well…with a veneer of humor. Go read; it’s short.

This brief essay is written in second person pov as a nod to the Effective Viewpoint Workshop we’re running this month at Forward Motion Since you started walking to somewhere, you’ve been dropping off your husband at work every morning–you start an hour later than he does–and, once you’ve parked the car behind the shop,…

Monday morning (June 15) Jim and I headed north to Campbell River. Jim has been a fan of the writings of master flyfisherman Roderick Haig-Brown for years, including books such as A River Never Sleeps. We camped at Elk Falls Provincial Park for three nights. On Tuesday it rained quite a lot, making it the…