Blog postings are going to be skimpy this week, in fact probably non-existent. Please be patient. The camera and I are going in search of material for next week’s blogs. They (whoever ‘they’ are) say a picture is worth a thousand words so I’m off to see if it’s true. (I’ll also be doing a [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Maybe word pictures aren’t visual, but photos are
Posted in Blogging, Life, tagged 50th Anniversary, blogging, Photography on August 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Advice for a Blogger (Me)
Posted in Blogging, Writing, tagged blogging, Jordan McCollum, Kathleen MacIver, KatieDid Design on August 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
A pleasant surprise greeted me as I visited Jordan McCollum’s blog this morning — a review of my own blog. I am very grateful to have Jordan’s and Kathleen MacIver’s professional evaluation and suggestions. I’ll be giving them serious consideration and looking at ways to improve the effectiveness of how I communicate via my blogging. Drop by Jordan’s [...]
Writerly Glimpses
Posted in Writing, tagged J.K. Rowling, Kristen Torres-Toro, Writing Life on August 26, 2009 | 10 Comments »
You hear it a lot: “Writing is a solitary experience.” And it is, unless maybe you’re working in collaboration with someone else or are one of those people who like to write amid the hubbub of a nearby Starbuck’s. Most often, however, the words that drop from our fingertips are created within our minds, and [...]
The Abbotsford Killer
Posted in Community, Family, Life, Reading, Writing, tagged Abbotsford Killer, Misty Cockerill, Murder, Rod Gehl, Tanya Smith, Terry Driver on August 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“Anyone familiar with the case of the Abbotsford killer will no doubt recall it as one of the strangest and most frightening murder cases imaginable.” [Rod Gehl]
As a relative of the murder victim I can tell you that’s an understatement. It’s also the first line of the only book I’ve ever ordered based on the [...]
A Natural Kind of Beauty
Posted in Environment, Life, Nature, Summer, Time, Worship, tagged Beauty, Cariboo BC, Creation, Nature, Vacation on August 18, 2009 | 16 Comments »
There is nothing quite like the peaceful seclusion of a special place to bring refreshment to mind, body and spirit. Our lakeside retreat is remote. There is no public access and the nearest electricity is twenty kilometers away. Only one other home on the lake is occupied.
The only sounds we hear are from nature [...]
It’s Reading, Writing and Relaxing Time!
Posted in Reading, Summer, Writing, tagged Reading, Relaxing, Summer, Vacation, Writing on August 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m taking a break to enjoy that lake in the above picture.
See ya in a couple weeks.
Time Management Strategies for Writers
Posted in Time, Writing, tagged Procrastination, Time Management, Writers, Writing on August 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the problem of making time for writing. We’re inclined to think we face the same kind of time constraints as agents except the workload originates from a different source. Balancing demands against time seems to be a constant challenge.
The complaint that crops up most often is there isn’t [...]
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