Writer, Dabbler In Things
My wife and I were a bit surprised when our daughter announced after school this past Friday that it was National Day of Unplugging between Friday at 6pm and Saturday at 6pm. So said her principal among that morning’s announcements, anyway. The point of the Day is to get people off their electronic devices and … Read more
For the last couple of years, I’ve been not only tracking and posting what books I read from month to month, but also keeping an annual count those books. I was happy to see a big jump in that count from 2018 to 2019. But while I hope to read even more this year, I’ve … Read more
As I’d mentioned previously, I get a daily newsletter for free and cheap ebooks for my Kobo e-reader. It’s something I really should stop, because while it sounds good in theory–what’s this? Free books? Yes, please!–the facts are that a) I continue to be a slow reader, and collect way more books through this newsletter … Read more
I’m a sucker for books. My wife foolishly still leaves me unattended in book stores sometimes, and the result is almost always me ending up with a book or two (or… okay, three) for the kiddo, plus maybe one for her and one for myself. And while I’ve written previously about preferring physical books to … Read more
I’m like most writers I’ve heard of, in that I can’t get enough stationery. Yes, I’d love new index cards or a notebook or pencils or pens, thanks. And no, I don’t care how many of all of those I already have. The look of new paper, the feel and potential of those pages and … Read more
My wife is a teacher in the provincial Catholic board, and as one of her many self-imposed duties, has taken it upon herself over the decades to introduce her students–a kind of suburban inner-city demographic–to music they will almost assuredly not have heard before. This isn’t (just) to say “My dudes, have you heard the … Read more
As I was adding links to my previous post, it occurred to me that I was using Indigo (our big Canadian book store chain) to specify what books I was talking about. And I’m pretty sure I’ve linked to Amazon before, which, in case you aren’t online much, has been under a ton of anti-huge … Read more
On the one hand, I was pretty happy with how much I got read this month, what with trying to read more. On the other hand, it occurred to me a couple of weeks back that I don’t know that there’s much point in keeping an annual count going. That first entry? The Witch Boy? … Read more
I was recently struck with an idea for a fantasy story, almost more of a fairytale, that had some dark elements to it. Not Tim Burton dark, but definitely with some heavier overtones. I started brainstorming on it, jotting ideas in my notebook, and pretty soon realized that it had solid potential for being a … Read more