Photo retrieved from: http://www.boredpanda.com/magic-realism-paintings-rob-gonsalves/ School For Self Esteem—when a child practices being a school teacher, her/his self esteem is revealed in the report card comments. I showed my daughter Pippi a series of optical illusion painting by Canadian Artist, … Read More
Down the Fox Hole: Writing For A Living I’ve fallen down a fox hole. I figure it’s a fox hole rather than a rabbit hole because one must be creative and alert down there, ready for anything. Lately I’ve lost … Read More
Say Something Cover Song by Tabby Cat—Piano and Vocals httpv://youtu.be/n2-6mxYZv0Q?list=UURbJ6OzAYhYb91or-oMr1uw I begged Tabitha to record herself singing and playing the piano to Say Something the song by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera. It took her months to finally … Read More
Literature has always managed to be true to women since novel reading first became a popular leisure pastime in the eighteenth century. True women characters began appearing frequently in literature by the nineteenth century, in works written by the Brontë … Read More
Books: Queens, Exotic Northern Lands and A Pug Named Pru I thought my readers might like to peek inside my writing/painting studio to see what I’m up to this month. The thing about being an author/artist is that it sometimes … Read More
After two agonizing weeks of editing the first draft of my latest novel, Naked Under the Midnight Sun (working title), I am happy to announce that I have crossed through the muddy trenches and am finally in the sunshine stage … Read More
Halloween is nearly upon us. I thought I’d share an old Halloween picture of myself (witch) and 2 of my sisters (youngest sis wasn’t born yet) on Halloween. I am 4 years old in this pic. I was a Canadian … Read More
Bowie philia seems to be my genes. I have had an artist crush on the guy since I was a young teen and so do all of my daughters. I admit, his Let’s Dance album is one of my favourites. … Read More
This past weekend my teen daughter Tabs entered an apple pie baking competition at the KAG—Kelowna Art Gallery (the Okanagan is famous for fruit orchards, especially apples). Coincidentally, at the same event, I was called out by a local radio … Read More
Perception: You are not set. You are evolving. The human mind is never set. You are nothing less or more than a work in progress. Perspective is everything. Recent research by Carol Dweck (author of Mindset: The New Psychology of … Read More