Newsletters

If this is your first newsletter, welcome! If we’re reconnecting after a long spell, welcome back!

2020 may look the same from my patio but so much has changed with COVID-19.
Which inspired me ask my followers for their stories of how they’ve coped since March.

Time flies between newsletters! As I’m writing this, it occurs to me that I am sitting in the exact same spot I was last June at newsletter time.

Hello and welcome to new subscribers!
Here’s to summer! Warm sun, blue skies, green grass, bright flowers. It’s time to take this newsletter outside.

This Fall, I’ve continued work on my next book project. The work is still in a “sketching” phase, but remains firmly rooted in family stories and the Canadian prairies.

With summer approaching,  it seemed an ideal time to update the site and give you an opportunity to browse the new content – posts and pictures.

Spring never comes to Alberta in February. Which is why I was excited to be doing some island-hopping with Separation Anxiety in BC in February.

I was over-the (harvest)-moon excited when Separation Anxiety was shortlisted for an inaugural Whistler Independent Book Award in the non-fiction category. Winners were announced the same dates (darn it!) that I was 9000 kilometers away in China.

It’s been over a year since Separation Anxiety: A Coming of Middle Age Story was released. Here’s a look back at the  amazing journey this has been.