On Tuesday morning at 9:00 o’clock I paid a visit to a class of Grade 3s at Winnipeg Mennonite Elementary School. They had just finished reading my novel Lost on the Prairie. They were a fabulous group of kids full of great questions about the story. Kids’ artwork -the hero of my novel on his […]
I’m always on a high after I do a school visit. Yesterday I did a virtual one with a class of grade four and five students from Brownell School in Saskatoon. A student teacher had just completed a novel study of my book Lost on the Prairie with her class and invited me to Zoom […]
Recently I received a generous check from the Canada Council for the Arts. One of the purposes of this money is to reimburse authors whose works are in libraries across the country. Over 18,000 Canadian authors receive a cheque of between $50 and $4500 annually as a way to compensate them for free public access […]
I am giving a talk to a seniors group this afternoon about my two books. Putting my slides together I realized all the interesting places my novels have been. On a canoe trip In Paris In Brisbane Australia By the ocean in Newfoundland In a garden in Halifax Attracting hummingbirds by a lake In Hong […]
I was interviewed at my launch by amazing author Colleen Nelson. Her latest book is The Umbrella House. I only discovered recently that in April of 2023 when Sixties Girl was launched, it made The Hamilton Review of Bestselling Books at Independent Bookstores. Thanks to my publisher Heritage House for including Sixties Girl in its […]
I was in my teens and early twenties during the Vietnam War and had three experiences with American draft dodgers that I’ve never forgotten. Our family had our photo taken with a tour group on our 1969 vacation. The first happened in an American Denny’s Restaurant on a family vacation in 1969. While we were eating […]
My paternal grandfather and me. Grandpa shared many stories of his childhood and his experiences during the Russian Revolution with his children and grandchildren In a Toronto Globe and Mail op ed this month Robin Pascoe writes about why it is important for the older generation to tell our children and grandchildren our family’s stories. […]
Recently Oprah Winfrey gave a major boost to the sale of the drug Ozempic when she hinted she’s been taking it to lose weight. Ozempic which was approved to treat diabetes in 2017 has been found to also be effective at helping people drop unwanted pounds. Oprah’s news has caused a huge jump in already skyrocketing […]
Yesterday thanks to a time difference between Manitoba and our neighbouring province, I was dressed and at my desk by 7 am to chat with Lindsey Ecker’s high school English class at United Mennonite Educational Institute in southern Ontario. They had just finished reading my novel Lost on the Prairie . On Friday their teacher […]
Yesterday I was at the Christmas Market at the Steinbach Mennonite Heritage Village Museum selling my novels. A young woman named Amy came up to me and said both she and her husband were former students of mine. Turns out Amy has a jewelry business called Daizy and Dot and was at the Christmas Market […]
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