It’s the end of February when I am writing this. I feel as though winter has moved into my living room and into my bathroom—and even is hogging the bed. She has a cold icy grip on my soul and I can’t shake her off. As soon as I tuck […]
Wendi Stewart – Wendi with an ‘eye’
Wendi lives in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, but the farm on Rainy River in Crozier will always be her home. MEADOWLARK, her debut novel released September 15, is published by NeWest Press of Edmonton. She is the mother of four daughters who did the unforgivable: they grew up. http://wendistewart.writersresidence.com
Flying isn’t for the faint of heart. Actually, travel of any kind is meant for the hardy, for the resilient, and for the patiently tolerant adaptable club of individuals, of which I am not often a member. I’ve now been up for 25 hours on my travel home from Maui. […]
It may appear that all I do is watch movies, but I assure you that I do laundry and vacuum occasionally and sometimes (though not often enough, it seems) I wrestle with the dust from the woodstove. Just last week, I had the happy circumstance of watching a documentary recommended […]
Linden MacIntyre was in town a few nights ago, giving a reading from his new novel, “Punishment.” I bought a copy of his book; he signed it, smiled at me as I thanked him. We’re friends now. I’m pretty sure that’s all it takes. Mr. MacIntyre has been a journalist […]
“The Imitation Game” is a recently-released movie detailing the life of Alan Turing, the mathematical mastermind behind the successful initiative to break the German Enigma Code—a feat that has been credited with shortening World War II and, in essence, saving countless lives. The movie was a powerful one, heart-breaking and […]
I love breakfast out. I love it better than any other meal that I may choose for a meal out, where someone else prepares the food and is responsible for cleanup. Breakfast is the “fun-est” meal of the day, or so I claimed as a youngster despite being told repeatedly […]
I must confess—I am a rule follower. I never harboured any notions of being a rebel while I was growing up. I didn’t stay out late to break curfew. I was a relatively well-behaved teenager. I struggle, as an adult, to enter a building through the exit, like at Home […]
I like January sunshine—sunshine that melts the snow and ice off the roads and leaves the roads bare and dry, looking almost brand new. Last Friday was just such a day with everything looking beautiful and peaceful. It’s early January days, with 2015 just barely out of the starting blocks, […]
I had the ’flu for more than a week leading up to Christmas, which left me flat out for days. I’m not looking for sympathy, though some chicken soup would have been nice. But I suppose you were busy with your Christmas preparations, such as last-minute shopping, trimming the tree, […]
I’m reading a book about meditating for beginners. It’s an easy read, not causing me a brain cramp trying to decipher the language. The first point the book makes is how we must live with the understanding that everything is constantly changing. The continents are drifting, the winds are shifting, […]
’Tis the season, isn’t it? The season of joy, no matter our stand on faith and religion. It is the season of hoping and smiling, and the season of imagining. It is the season of lights and parades and cookies and bad eating habits (especially if we happen to be […]
Breaking points. We all have them. And sometimes these breaking points come at times that seem slightly strange, hardly warranted, but it is the accumulated affect usually—the last straw so to speak. I witnessed someone hit that wall during my Christmas shopping (not on my top 10 list of favourite […]
