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Category Archives: Writing


I love summer. I love everything about this fine season. I was born in the summer so we bonded from the get-go. It is the peanut to my butter, the flip to my flop, the Sherlock to my Watson (you … Read the rest→



Over the last ten years, the majority of my travels have included taking one or both of my children with me wherever I went. While I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to see places near and far … Read the rest→



Dear Tami, You have obviously taken to heart my suggestion of taking your game to the next level. A whole week has passed and I’ve neither seen you nor suspected you were tricking me in one of your clever disguises. … Read the rest→



I have a confession to make: I am not a runner. So what, right? Big deal. Who cares? Typically, that statement wouldn’t be such a thing to confess unless you live where I live, in a city that has been … Read the rest→



Being in Europe for two weeks, I felt like a small corner of the world had been laid at my feet. Cities I had only dreamed of or read about were a short distance from my friend’s home in southwest … Read the rest→



Dear Tami, Many thanks for the praise and compliments on Frankenstein. You were absolutely right – I was going to ask you if getting the chance to see it made the long wait for the next season of Sherlock more … Read the rest→



Inspiration comes in many forms from many sources. Source: hrrrthrrr.com via Heather on Pinterest What inspires you? This question was posed to me by the talented Liv Rancourt who graciously tagged me in the “Be Inspired” meme. In turn, I … Read the rest→



Like Paris (which you can read about in this previous post), I’ll admit I had a lot of preconceived notions about Berlin before travelling there though they weren’t of the idyllic, romantic variety. Most of what I knew about Berlin … Read the rest→



Dear Benedict, As you know, I’ve been asked by several of my lovely readers to write a review of the cinematic showings of the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. I’m hesitant to do so because frankly I’m a bit biased when … Read the rest→



In early April, the talented and creative Laird Sapir suggested a collaborative fiction writing project that would develop across the blogs of writers from various genres. Each participating writer is given the task of continuing the story at the point the last … Read the rest→


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