You are invited to the official launch of my book, Senior Moment, which will take place at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, 1919 Highway Six, River John, NS, on May 2. Senior Moment is my personal account of settling my elderly mom in a safe and happy senior residence; including from tips arising from the experience!… Continue reading Launch, officially!
Released!!!!
I did not expect to receive copies of my newest book, Senior Moment, until the very end of April, or – more likely – early May. Nimbus Publishing had set the print date for April 27, and it takes time to pack books in boxes and load them onto trucks to take them to bookstores.… Continue reading Released!!!!
One hundred years ago – Bluenose!
I usually read my daily news, often from the CBC app on my phone – because I can read faster than TV or radio journalists can talk, plus reading allows me to skip whole bits when I please. Imagine my surprise last night, when I saw my name in an article about the schooner Bluenose… Continue reading One hundred years ago – Bluenose!
A virtually real (and really good) festival
Like many events during this pandemic, Read by the Sea Summer Literary Festival has met some rough patches. Granted, the festival has had glitches in the past: the author is late, someone gets sick, the tents fall down, the toilets clog, pens go dry, the afternoon turns as cold as a mid-March day – or… Continue reading A virtually real (and really good) festival
You are invited…
….To a virtual Zoom reading of Senior Moment on May 11, 7-8 pm, hosted by Pictou Antigonish Regional Library (and me). This is the link: https://www.facebook.com/events/430899801475637 And the poster: May 11 seems a long way off in this chilly March morning, but time goes by quickly. Here is a little peek into the mysterious world… Continue reading You are invited…
Library Love
I got my first library card when I was five. We’d just moved to a fishing outport, and our new community had a lending library in a room in the Grenfell hospital. For those who never heard of a Grenfell hospital, it’s one of the small hospitals in isolated communities across Newfoundland and Labrador, parts… Continue reading Library Love
#I Read Canadian
Confession: I collect children’s books. See, my babies are grown, and their babies live far away. There is no longer an opportunity to cozy up on the couch with a pile of kids and pile of storybooks to read out loud – but I still buy them and READ THEM TO MYSELF. Oh, the guilty… Continue reading #I Read Canadian
What’s new?
Here is the cover of my latest book, Senior Moment, which will be released in April. “Part memoir, part cautionary tale, part how-to” is what folks are saying. It is my account of getting my mom moved from her unwieldy old home and into a place where she’d be happy and receive top quality care.… Continue reading What’s new?