Spring into Summer Newsletter

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

Writing In Progress

Usually, these newsletters highlight Separation Anxiety book events and Writeshops. Truth is, from January to April 2018, I have been in my basement, writing in a room I refer to as “Studio B.”

Although I was alone, I never felt lonely. (But not for the reasons this cartoon suggests.)

This next writing project is sort of a “prequel” to Separation Anxiety which began: “Three months before I was born…” Now I’m exploring the story of my mother before she became my mother at 33. Her childhood and young adult life have always fascinated me. Mom died three years ago, at 92, so I am looking through her photographs, keepsakes, cards and letters trying to piece together the story of her life.

Which is why I need this timeline on my wall.

This life was filled with so many more people, places, and events than I could ever know. Which is why my “lifeline” on this project are librarians and archivists across Canada. They have helped me find newspaper articles, rare books, obscure documents. They also help me navigate this new world of digital research as I try to imagine a world from years ago.
Research. Write. Repeat.