Posted in Advent, Christmas, Faith, Family, Home, Life, NaNoWriMo, Winter, tagged Advent, Christmas, December, NaNoWriMo, Winter on November 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Here we are, on the cusp of December, with Advent just under way and NaNoWriMo concluding. I’m pretty sure these three events have nothing in common except their timing, but each of them gives me reason to rejoice.
December,
not quite winter, no longer autumn – brings the chickadees and varied thrush rushing to chow down at [...]
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Success, Writing on November 29, 2009 | 11 Comments »
A winning shout out: I did it! After three years of participating in NaNoWriMo this year I finally managed to eek out the required 50,000 words within the thirty-day time frame – in fact, with two days to spare. I’ll keep at it until tomorrow night’s deadline but the pressure’s off.
The novel isn’t done of [...]
Posted in Christmas, Home, Life, Thanksgiving, tagged Christmas, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my American friends!
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to stop and consider the many blessings we enjoy. No matter our economic status, our health or family situation, I suspect most of us in Canada found at least one good thing on October 11th for which we were thankful. But I must [...]
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Time, Writing, tagged Inspiration, NaNoWriMo, Writer's Block, Writing on November 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’m writing, then not writing, then writing again. It’s the usual story – fitting the writing process into the reality of other aspects of my daily life. The NaNo challenge is into its twentieth day. The statistics are piling up. I’m past 32,000 words. (If you want to track my progress click on the NaNo [...]
Posted in Blogging, NaNoWriMo, Time, Writing, tagged 200th Blog, 25000 words, Blog Milestone, Half Way, NaNoWriMo on November 15, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Today is Day #15 for NaNoWriMo – the mid point of this month of writing myself bleary-eyed. I’m not one of those fast writers who jots off thousands of words in a single dash. I’m more the plodding type so I’m very content to have trudged my way to 25,018 words today – half way [...]
Posted in Autumn, Faith, Philosophy, Religion, Worship, tagged House of Prayer, Peace, Sanctuary, Tranquility on November 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sunshine broke through the overcast yesterday, scattering light on the evergreens where crystal droplets hang. Most of the autumn colour has disappeared, at least here at Wildwood, and the crunch of leaves has been replaced by a softness underfoot where sodden gold and brown languish in puddles.
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God has blessed every season with unique beauty.
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A recent [...]
Posted in Computers, NaNoWriMo, Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Productivity on November 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This oh-so-true cartoon is by Inky Girl.
Posted in Family, Life, Remembrance Day, tagged Family, Remembrance Day, War, WWI, WWII on November 11, 2009 | 12 Comments »
World War I ended 91 years ago at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In the ensuing years we have gathered at that moment to remember and honour those who, in all wars, have served in the pursuit of freedom.
One troop commander in Kandahār, Afghanistan commented this morning, “We remember [...]
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