Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Look for the Good - in Publishing and in Life

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Recently, I was privileged to attend the PubWest 2020 conference in Portland, Oregon along with other book publishers from Western United ...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Grief is Like the Waves of the Ocean

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I was recently invited to share a "Message of Hope" at an all-day Family Grief Retreat in my community, hosted by Palliative Care ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

I found a dime - an angel sign in Newfoundland

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On a recent vacation in Newfoundland, I and my author friend Janice Howden visited  the village of Woody Point, across the bay from where we...
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Saturday, August 3, 2019

A woman on the plane and our talk about life after loss

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My seatmate on the flight from Medicine Hat, AB to Calgary was a wonderful, gentle 85-year-old woman. She impressed me in many ways. She...
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...