Capital City Press Featured Writer

by | May 19, 2018 | Friday Freebie, Life, Writing

I’m delighted to be one of the Edmonton Public Library’s Capital City Press featured writer! I’ll be hosting two programs, one for the writers and one for under-18 crowd. As well, my post on the power of story is now live, along with the podcast I...

Remus 1, Mom 0

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Friday Freebie, Life

Why oh why do pet food companies reinvent their food?  The brand of kibble we’d had the boys on since forever re-jigged their formula to include a lot of corn…not such a great choice for filler, so in an effort to be a good cat mom, I bought a new (better,...

Things My Allergies Taught Me

by | Jun 29, 2012 | Friday Freebie

Writing while hopped up on meds may seem like a good idea, but reading the pages the next day may cause my eyes to bleed. Sometimes “do not operate heavy machinery” will be defined as my toothbrush. The walls are closer and harder than they appear. Just because the...

Friday Freebie: Nice but…

by | Jun 22, 2012 | Friday Freebie

I love Toby Keith’s I wanna talk about me song but I have two huge problems with the video: 1) the inclusion of the pimp/hookers (uh, video dudes, maybe check the stats on violence against women & vulnerable sectors before you use that demographic) and (2) The...