Lightning Picture – Weather Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
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A Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: APOD: The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
APOD: 2011 November 13 – The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble. Largish wingspan for a butterfly! Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: butterfly nebula
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Tõkestatud / Obstructed – Landscape & Rural Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. There weren’t any rainbows while I wrote today. (Well there were, while I was thinking, but then they vanished when I got to my desk.) It was much like this. Obstruction. Fallen bits in the stream. It didn’t seem to go well. But that’s […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: You Are My Only by Beth Kephart
You Are My Only is a gorgeously written YA novel. That’s the first thing I want you to know about it. The second thing is that I couldn’t put it down. I read it in a day, ignoring my children. My older daughter, age 13, curious about my absorption, examined the cover and picked up […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Happy Anniversary
A and I got married 14 years ago–but our anniversary isn’t special. Every night, when he comes to bed–our comfy bed with the extra padding–I am grateful and aware of the blessing. I was volunteering with seniors, facilitating a writing group when A & I moved in together. One of these wise women said to […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Love of Parents – National Geographic Photo Contest 2011
Love of Parents – National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 – National Geographic.
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A Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: A Photo to Suit My Mood
Double arc – a closer look – Landscape & Rural Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. I just got back from a weekend reunion–I’ll post about it tomorrow. For now the photo will illustrate Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: sky photos
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Tara Miller: What is Sight?
Jeff and Tara Miller. This photo was taken by Tara Miller (click to enlarge), a professional photographer who works with her husband Jeff, also a photographer. In itself that’s enough–the photo is gorgeous. But there’s an unusual twist to the story, which is what led to her work being featured on CTV in their Meeting […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Fauna by Alissa York
He’s a fine hunter, young but able, no trace of the blind kitten he once was. The memory lives in his senses: the massed, many-hearted comfort of the den; the return of the mother’s pungent coat and sweet-smelling teats. Soon she brought them more than milk–the first leggy mouthful of spider, the first pretty pink […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Amazing Photo: Dinosaur Bone Cells
Nikon Small World 2011 – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic.
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A Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Turul market photo
Turul / On the market – Documentary & Street Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: estonia photo
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Poet and Mentor
I’ve mentioned Rhea Tregebov here before and am happy to have occasion to do so again. I’ve known Rhea for years, ever since The Writer’s Union of Canada matched us up to work together on my first novel, The River Midnight. Rhea was my mentor, a fine freelance editor, a children’s author and a poet. […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: The Lizard Cage: A review
Every once in a while, I read a book that I want to tell everyone to read. The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly is one of those novels. These are the reasons why: It’s beautifully written. It’s about an important subject. It’s stayed with me. It’s made me more aware of all I can be […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Making a Difference: You Are My Only by Beth Kephart
You Are My Only releases October 25th. For two weeks if you help spread the word about You Are My Only, you will be entered to win a prize! All the details are at Chick Loves Lit right now. This little project is organized by There’s a Book, Bookalicious, Chick Loves Lit, and myself. via […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Magic of The Canadian Shield
As soon as I see pink granite rising on each side of the highway, I know that we’ve crossed over to the Canadian Shield: The Canadian shield is a physiographic division, consisting of five smaller physiographic provinces, the Laurentian Upland, Kazan Region, Davis, Hudson, and James. The shield extends into the United States as the […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: My Birthday Present
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Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Yesterday I saw a 3D movie and it was gorgeous. This is how it came about. My dear sister-in-law and her boyfriend were intending to take my kids to Canada’s Wonderland on Saturday but changed their plans due to an uncertain weather forecast. As it turned out, Saturday was a beautiful day, albeit warm, a […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: A Hike to the Secret Passage
Last Friday and Saturday morning, before higher temperatures required me to do nothing but lie on the couch and read, A and I got up at 6:00 am to hike. We walked eastward along the railroad tracks to Carruthers’ Woods, from there to an abandoned railway track, down to the Brick Works, and along the […]
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: At 7 a.m. I Saw
On the path along the railroad tracks this morning, I saw a baby bunny. It had lost some of its roundness already, and looked like a miniature hare standing quite still. I had to shade my eyes to see. Even with sunglasses, the sun was too bright otherwise. There it stood, a silhouette in the […]
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