Category Archives: News

Christmas Elvis

December 19, 2018Newsadmin

In the spirit of Christmas, a friend sent me some cartoons that I found funny. Here’s one.

Beatrix Potter’s World

December 12, 2018Newsadmin

In today’s Books We Love author blog, I write about my visit last spring to Beatrix Potter land in England’s Lake District.

Lest We Forget

November 12, 2018Newsadmin

Today, one day after this year’s special Remembrance Day, I write about my visit to Canada’s WWI battlefields in northern France on the BWL Author BlogSpot.

Opening Weekend at Calgary’s New Central Library

November 3, 2018Newsadmin

20181103_141329[28692] — Looking down from the top to the bottom floor. The library has lots of interesting and attractive architecture.

Alcove off The Great Reading Rooom, featuring my short story and 11 others as art books.

Looking down to the first floor entertainment for this family day on opening weekend.

The sun came out as we were leaving.

I loved visiting Calgary’s new Central Library today, along with the estimated crowd of 20,000 – 25, 000 people. The building is fabulous. The guided tour helped me appreciate many of the library’s features. I can’t wait to go back, when it’s less crowded and quieter.

New Central Library

November 2, 2018Newsadmin

Downtown Library — My short story "When a Warm Wind Blows Off the Mountain" fills the cabinet in the left rear.

The Great Reading Room, Calgary Central Library

I look forward to visiting Calgary’s new Central Library tomorrow. A host of events will take place during the day, with free public transit to downtown from 7:00 am to 7 p.m. I’ll be sure to check out my story in art form featured with 12 other artist books on the 4th floor in the NW Vestibule entrance to the Great Reading Room.

To support this exhibition, there will be a year’s worth of programming the second Tuesday of every month in the BMO Room from 7-8pm beginning January 15, 2019 with Kate Baillies and Weyman Chan. My artist Sylvia Arthur and I will be there on August 13th to talk about our collaborative project.

Walking with Wordsworth

October 12, 2018Newsadmin

Today I write about my trip to England’s Lake District, home of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and their fellow Romantic Poets, on the Books We Love author blog.

Revision

October 11, 2018Newsadmin

Dr. Phil 01 — Advice to sip with my morning coffee

I’m back from a week in Ontario visiting family and celebrating Thanksgiving in the countryside. Now I’m back to editing my novel-in-progress, To Catch a Fox. Before the trip, I left off at a spot where a character quoted television personality and psychologist, Dr. Phil. Since I don’t often watch the TV program, I searched for Dr. Phil sayings on Pinterest and found one that fits my story. It’s included in these five gems of wisdom.