It’s very nearly the end of August and depending on what country you’re sitting in, the end of August is also considered the end of summer. Some countries hang in until mid-September for the official end, but here in Canada, it doesn’t matter—come September 1, the weather seems to consult the calendar and pull down […]
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It’s been a busy summer so far. Currently Underway I’ve done all the world building and I’m a few chapters into a brand new series. This one is science fiction romance. Space Opera! Think Star Wars (Han Solo, anyone?), Star Trek, and really cool movies like Jupiter Ascending. The series is called the Interspace series
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Spoiler alert! I can’t talk about this without dropping spoilers all over the place. If you’re still waiting to catch up with Season 5, skip this post until later! ____ So, we binged on Season 5 of Game of Thrones, and it was wonderful. Although I was talking to a co-worker at my day job,
226 years ago, eight mutineers aboard The Bounty tossed their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and 18 loyal crewmen into a lifeboat and set them adrift. As they made off with the ship, the mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, dumped boxes of food into the water for the abandoned crew. No one is completely sure why
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It must be because I grew up hearing the stories about what Australian and New Zealand troops achieved (and died achieving) during the First and Second World Wars, that Anzac Day tends to register in my consciousness more than Rememberance Day ever does, even living here in North America. In Australia, Anzac Day is a
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I finally got to see the last installment in The Hobbit trilogy. Man, oh man! I would like to say that I’m officially a fan of Thorin Oakenshield. You might remember I’ve been creeping up on Thorin for a couple of years now. But the ending of the movie completely threw me. It’s been thirty
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Screw the chocolates. They just add calories where you don’t want them. It’s Valentine’s Day. Are you surprising your other half, this year? Or hoping to be surprised? Or ignoring the day altogether for one reason or another? If it’s been a while since you did something nice for someone (doesn’t have to be a
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I am one of millions of commuters who take public transport to work and back each day. I should resent the huge chunk of time that takes out of my day, except for one thing: I write on my laptop on the way to work and on the way home. In the middle of winter,
There are backpacks…then there are Backpacks. Read More »
145 years ago today, in 1869, the first Women’s Suffrage law in the United Stated was granted in Wyoming Territory. It was the first step in full voting rights for women in America, which was written into the Constitution in 1920. Canada gave women the vote in 1919, and the United Kingdom trailed behind, declaring
Equality for Women: Not such a hot idea. Read More »