As Albertan residents we are used to the false Springs we endure with melt and snow, melt and snow. It is a time of winter coats and light jackets, sometimes in the same day! Over the years I have been living in Alberta, Canada, I have come to know these ‘false’...
Over the years living in Alberta, Canada, I have come to know the 'false' Spring we experience every year. After months of snow, ice and freezing temperatures, quite suddenly we note a warmth to the sun's rays, that the air doesn't hurt your face and the snow and ice...
We all have specific tastes in literature, which equates to the genres we mainly read, but there is another reason that a book can catch our interest - something that fascinates us. Obviously, the list is vast and always changing as we grow older, gain life...
My upcoming children's chapter book, Ockleberries to the Rescue, centers around two woodland sprites, who help all the forest animals through illness and injury. The theme was inspired by my lifelong love of the natural world, whether it is exotic animals, such as...
Benevolent - definition: marked by or disposed to doing good There are many people, past and present, who have changed the course of conflict but today I am concentrating on the natural world and partnerships between different species. The correct name is...
Irrefutable - definition: that cannot be denied, refuted, or disproved Some interesting irrefutable scientific facts: 1. It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 2. The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through...