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I Do Love a Book Club!
As an author I have been invited to several book club gatherings. It is always so nice to meet with readers who have taken the time and put their energies into buying and reading your book. Having been a member of a book club in the past I realize that the book is not always the focus of the get together. Sometimes the book does not even come up. But in my experience when the author is invited to the meeting the participants usually embrace the book and interact with the writer. I love that. Yesterday I attended a top notch book club, a group of lovely young ladies who were genuinely enthusiastic about the book they had just read. They came with amazing insight, compassion for the characters and strong opinions. Sitting in the circle of their animated discussion I could hardly believe...
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Still Plodding Through November
I wrote my last entry on November 2nd when the month was barely through the gate. Yesterday my blog coach gently nudged me to write an entry but I was working to finish up the first round of edits for Skyward that I'd given myself two weeks to...
Weary, Wonderful November
I am in my office this morning. A part of me would rather have headed back to bed , covered up and slept the morning away. I do feel weary. A good weary though. Weary with well doing. Maybe. I have been doing. Yesterday the day was spent in my pantry . Baked beans,...
RIP Richard
I sadly acknowledge the passing of Richard Vaughan and extend my condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, readers , the city of Fredericton, the UNB community and to each and every one of us. His passing has taken something from us all. Every person who...
It is Not All About Me
I feel a heaviness this morning that has been building for quite some time. I use the same tools daily to shake this heaviness but still it keeps mounting. I make my grateful list and it is extensive . I take my wood road walks and they are a gift. I try...
And Then it’s October
Looking out my office window I know it is October again. I feel it in the air and the early darkening skies in the evening. I feel the memory of the beginning days of October last year when my thoughts and my heart were filled with the reality of them being...
Be Where You Are
Last week I was away. This morning I am back home and reflecting on the gifts and lessons last week provided. They were numerous and memorable and for each one I am truly grateful or as my friend Martha said, simply grateful. Back home with a long list of jobs...