13 Jan Baby it’s Hot Down Here
Once again the Ingledales and Armstrongs have decided to vacation together. We have only been away from home for 36 hours and there is so much to tell....
31 Dec New Year’s
It's New Year's Eve day. The house is clean, the kitchen cupboards and fridge are filled with food, the wine rack is full and the bank account is on the plus side. According to the Ingledales, you need to have a clean and orderly house...
12 Dec It’s Been A Year
One year ago today we lost Bryan. I remember the heartache, the tremendous sense of loss, the incredulity of someone so young dying so tragically. We all handled the news of his death in our own way. Some of us carried on, keeping our grief...
09 Dec Family Photos
No - this isn't what you think. I'm not posting about family photographs or family stuff or Christmas for that matter. An idea for a story hit me this week and I've been toying with it. Work has come to a standstill. Laundry is piling...
28 Nov Jingle Bells
On Saturday, I voluntold (how I love that new word) my family that we would be attending a seniors' Christmas Cabaret in Guelph. As we sat down at our table and saw the bowls of snacks and the two bottles of wine, we realized that...
15 Nov Things I Learned Yesterday
Yesterday I learned that my blood pressure is high but not high enough to kill me right away. If I don't do anything about it to lower it now, maybe in ten or fifteen years I may suffer the repercussions.Yesterday I learned that my headaches...
11 Nov Something for Sunday
I've been asked to tell my story in five minutes or less. If the story were about my actual book, I would have no problem telling you about it. Hopefully, by the end of the five minutes you'd want to read the story to find...
08 Nov Revision
So here it is - my blog for the day. I sent my manuscript to my editor today. I think it's the seventh revision. I have three printed editions on my bookshelf. The red binder reads VERY FIRST TRY. This is the version I wrote...
06 Nov I don’t kiss and tell, but…
I don't kiss and tell, but last night I had a wonderful time out with friends and family. It was at the annual SHARE dinner and dance, a fund raiser for a charity that was started by my father-in-law and other local farmers in the...