Judge My Book by Its Cover
I’m deep in the throes of imposter syndrome. I know novelists who make their living from the sales of their books, so who am I to write one?
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One Hundred Women Who Care, Local Chapter
Somewhere in the periphery of my life, I’d heard about 100 Women Who Care. But I don’t remember ever speaking to anyone about it, or fully knowing how it helped charities.
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Bringing My Tumbling Self to the Party
I’ve never been a member of a political party. Over the years, and for various levels of government, I’ve voted for just about every party. I never felt that one party represented everything I believe in or want for society.
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Moving to a New and Improved (Podcast) Home
Don’t worry – Derek and I aren’t moving again! If you’ve visited here in recent years, you’ll know we shuttled around before settling in Port Stanley. We’ve been here almost four years and have no intention of leaving.
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Something New Afoot
Several years ago, I wrote a blog post about a foot-smoothing machine I called the best I’d ever used.
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Joining the Flock at Shepherd (now BookDNA*)
*June 2026 update. Shepherd has changed its name to Book DNA. Info has been updated in this post.
A while back a website owner contacted me with a proposition. That usually means it’s spam. But this was real.
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Catching the Sun and Catching Up
I don’t need to rehash the details of why Canadian patriotism has risen to an all-time high of my lifetime. If you know, you know. It was a little bit weird to be in the US as the world’s “dumbest trade war” erupted.
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A Meaningful Word in Permanent Ink
When we were kids, tattoos were for ex-cons, former military, and bikers. It was a big deal to see someone with a visible tattoo and by someone I mean a man. I can’t recall ever seeing a woman with a tattoo.
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Back to the Future with NDGT
Whenever someone predicted the end of the Internet, I’d wave it away as ridiculous.
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Throwing the Book (Suggestions) at You
We’re all going to read the Stephen Kings and James Pattersons and Oprah picks and the works of other best-selling authors we love. That’s a given. For me, part of the purpose of reading is the joy of discovery. Sometimes that means taking a chance on a book from someone new.
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Connecting With Our Most Experienced Port Stanlians
A couple of years ago, a year after moving to Port Stanley, I started looking around for someplace where I could volunteer.
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2025 Greetings and News
Does anyone else have the haunting strains of Zager and Evans’ only hit song in their head? 2025 is 500 years away from In the Year 2525, which went to #1 in 1969. But it can’t help but come to mind for those of us raised on pop music. This particular song was pretty dark so it cut through alongside peppy tunes of its time like Sugar, Sugar and I Can’t Get Next To You. (For a refresher, the video is at the end of this post.)
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