For your listening pleasure, I present to you a whole lot of letter Bs! The venue is the fabulous Yukon Arts Center, Whitehorse Yukon, part of the last show I produced there. Rockin’ the Casbah, March 19, 2011. Some of my favourite people played in that band. Mr. C was director & I was the… Continue reading Brought to you by the Letter B
Category: Just Write
A is for April
April Showers April is the month that the snow finally melts in the Yukon. It’s a chilly, muddy month. A month for the last of the cross country skiing before you get too far into the calendar. For jumping on the trampoline in your wool socks and hoodie, mud boots kicked off and lying to… Continue reading A is for April
Getting ready for NaNoWriMo
Have you heard of NaNoWriMo? The goal of National Novel Writing Month is to write a novel (or 50,000 words of a novel) during the month of November. That’s about 1800 words each day. When I retired at the end of last November, one of the things I looked forward to doing was to spend… Continue reading Getting ready for NaNoWriMo
On knowledge, wisdom and a good bullshit detector {Just Write 8}
Good Sunday morning! I am sitting here by my kitchen window, coffee at my elbow and browsing my morning blog posts. The washing machine and the dryer are both on and I can barely hear the radio over the noise. Not that I’m paying attention, but I enjoy Michael Enright’s Sunday Edition, and CBC is… Continue reading On knowledge, wisdom and a good bullshit detector {Just Write 8}
Excerpt
Today I’m sharing an excerpt from a story I’m working on … I sat up in bed, instantly awake, all my senses on high alert. The echo of my name ricocheted around the room. I held my breath, listening, but all I could hear was the blood pounding through my veins. I had heard my… Continue reading Excerpt
Just Write {7} Two pairs of boots
At the end of the day today, when work is finished and I am back home, I am going to kick off these shoes which hurt my feet even though they are Romikas and cost a fortune 10 years ago. Every now and then I forget and put them on (they’re still practically brand new… Continue reading Just Write {7} Two pairs of boots