Sunday, July 7, 2019

A lot of fun and a little work at the Moose Jaw Air Show

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Yesterday was a hot, but productive and fun day for me at the Moose Jaw Air Show. This was the first CFB Moose Jaw air show since 2005. The ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Grief is a tunnel - you have to go through it

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A few times a year for the past two years, I have volunteered as a peer helper at spousal bereavement support group sessions. After each se...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

How music can speak to the soul

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When you've lost someone you love, music can be either heartbreaking, a welcome distraction, helpful, healing or something else entire...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

When students asked about my writing and books, it all went well until that excerpt

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I enjoy speaking with students about the books I’ve written and/or published but also about the importance of reading and writing to learn,...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

A Robert Munsch kind of question

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It came out of nowhere. “Are you Robert Munsch?" I was about to start an author reading at a school and a Grade 7 student asked m...
Sunday, March 3, 2019

Christmas in February - an angel sign on a plane

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On the last leg of my flight home from a recent vacation in Kauai, I was sitting in a plane at the airport in Calgary, AB. I closed my eyes...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Getting Through the Holidays While Grieving

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For the last couple of weeks, I've been thinking about writing a blog with tips on how to get through the holidays when you are grievin...
Friday, August 10, 2018

The Tale of the Shopping Cart and the Strangers - with my gratitude

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I'm sending some pretty flowers out over the Internet to two people I do not know who helped to make a strange encounter at the shop...
Thursday, August 2, 2018

It's Potty Time in Europe

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It's potty time in Europe! Yes, it's time to check out some of the places in which one can dispose of their ... er... waste whil...