We are all more than familiar with the modern Valentine's Day and it's commercialism, but do you know the various origins of the day? The first celebration was actually a Roman festival called Lupercalia that welcomed spring. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then...
There are no writing events on my calendar for this week sadly, so it will be plunging into freelance work and beta-reading instead.The ghost writing project is developing nicely and I also have a thriller manuscript and a memoir to read. Both authors are friends and...
Let's show the love today and remember not only those nearest and dearest but also that this is the Year of Reading Women . Grab a novel from your favorite female author. Is 2014 the “Year of Reading Women?” Although, historians are not positive on the exact origins...
Deleterious - definition: harmful : destructive While manning our tables at Arts in the Plaza yesterday, I was pondering what to write about for this post when two widely differing situations occured. The first was our display table nearly collapsing with a strong...
My recent escape from the Albertan cold to the heat of Palm Springs was a real delight in many ways. Of course the first pleasure was to experience summer warmth again, after weeks of freezing temperatures and snow fall. It amazed me how quickly a person can become...
