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Only 11 months late:

These are Navdeep’s Christmas 2010 socks…he took possession of them last night on October 31, 2011. Yes, I am a little behind with the knitting, ahem, either that or I have too many projects on the go… Pattern: David Socks – Designed by Anne Hanson of Knitspot – as always Anne’s patterns are well written and result […]

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#FlashFiction #3 – not helpful

I will be posting, every 2nd friday, a series of short flash fiction that detail the year before the events that take place in my next novel, Harbinger. I will most likely sprinkle in a few short stories about specific characters, and, once I am ready to release the novel, I will combine these stories, […]

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Texting while married…

Just had the following text-ersation with Michael: Me: 2736 words. Brain suddenly feeling a bit mushy. Him: Sounds like it’s time for a workout. Me: I was thinking of baking. Which is probably the exact opposite. Me: Also, are you calling me fat? — LONG PAUSE — Him: Absolutely not. Me: That’s not what it […]

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#whyiwrite? In 140 characters or less…

According to an email in my inbox this morning from She Writes, today is The National Day on Writing (in the USA – officially declared by Congress). One of the sponsors, the National Council of Teachers of English, posed the following question to the world at large: Why do you write? So, after a bit […]

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#FlashFiction #2 – meaning to the madness?

I will be posting, every 2nd friday, a series of short flash fiction that detail the year before the events that take place in my next novel, Harbinger. I will most likely sprinkle in a few short stories about specific characters, and, once I am ready to release the novel, I will combine these stories, […]

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gardening photography vancouver

In the garden: sunflower

Over 6 feet tall, grown from seed…not edible.

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#FlashFiction #1 – peace of mind?

I will be posting, every 2nd friday, a series of short flash fiction that detail the year before the events that take place in my next novel, Harbinger. I will most likely sprinkle in a few short stories about specific characters, and, once I am ready to release the novel, I will combine these stories, […]

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Around the Web Wednesday…

This is all over Facebook this morning and, therefore, the web in general, but I thought it worth repeating. And you know what is super cool about books? You can read them on your computer or phone or new kindle’s (also announced today) – it doesn’t get much cooler than that! These are exciting times – I […]

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In the garden: Yellow Brandywine

This is one of the new varieties of tomatoes we tried this year, Yellow Brandywine. The plant was huge, took a long time to fruit, and didn’t start ripening until mid-September, also it seemed to be very prone to powdery mildew, but they sure were tasty! I purchased the starter plant at the VanDusen Garden […]

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Around The Web: After The Virus, etc.

Only two items (that I know of) of note this week, as I have been doing more writing than web surfing, which is good of me, but makes a bit of a boring post (with only a couple of links). Michelle over at Michelle’s Book Blog took a read of After The Virus this week […]