Israel & Iran: A Love Story
Amidst the war-mongering rhetoric of politicans, a quiet message is being passed back and forth on Facebook between ordinary people. Here’s the story: Filed under: Uplifting Tagged: antidote to politics
Lilian Nattel
My Favourite Spot for an Interview
I met Greg Quill (Toronto Star) at Faema’s, a coffee shop 5 minutes from my house. It’s on Dupont Street near the Jaguar dealership which is rumoured to be turned…
Celebrating a Bestseller in the Best Way
Here’s what my children did yesterday. First a creation by H landed on my desk. Pen holder by H, click to enlarge The congratulations section swivels to reveal To and…
Web of Angels: Bestseller
This morning, after oatmeal (with maple syrup, a Sabbath treat), I was at my desk drinking coffee. Emails had arrived from my agent, editor, and publicist. After I read them,…
Spring and a Breather
It’s uncanny…I saw crocuses a couple of days ago. In 2008 I kept a daily journal of spring’s coming–it was a typical year–and the crocuses were up on April 10th…
Braving the Police Station
Some of you may remember how I had to overcome my shyness to do the final research for Web of Angels. I’m very comfortable in interviews and I can do…
Anthem
From Leonard Cohen’s Anthem, sung here by Newfoundland’s The Once: You can add up the parts but you won’t have the sum You can strike up the march, there is…
My 5 Favourite Books
I read Emily of New Moon when I was 10. I wasn’t the first Canadian girl to love Emily because I wanted to be a writer, and I’m not the…
My Girls on IWD
There are a lot of posts today about important things: women’s safety, rights, equality or lack thereof all around the world. But this morning, I was talking with my 13…
Huff Post: Sex’t Up Kids
Here’s an excerpt from my blog in Huffington Post Canada: Already wise and weary at age 15, the teenagers in Sex’t Up Kids talked about sending private photos to their…
Flavour of the Moment
I love this song: 32 Flavours. Filed under: Personal Tagged: Ani DiFranco
Horses on the Steppes of Mongolia
Mongolia Picture – Landscape Wallpaper – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
Chatelaine P. 176 and Loblaws!
I’ve become a bit of a maniac in the grocery store. It started with the Toronto Sun. I stood at the newspaper stand, flipping through it to find the Star…
Elephants Three
Elephant Picture – Animal Wallpaper – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful
And the Winner Is…
Me! Because I got to watch the Oscars last night with the 2 most amazing kids in the universe. H stayed up for the first half. (And had trouble getting…
Rising at the Crack of Dawn
I’m not sure why it’s called a crack, it’s more of a creeping, the sky dark and then less dark, a blush of pink. I know that’s a cliche but…
Water Buffalo Picture – Vietnam
Water Buffalo Picture – Vietnam Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: portraits
Friday Ease
I’m in my usual writing outfit: old grey sweatpants, old green tanktop, and terry bathrobe. But I know that it isn’t a writing day. For one thing I’m too revved…
Dream Review by Beth Kephart
A close friend of mine who read Beth’s review of Web of Angels, said, “She writes like music.” It’s true–Beth’s writing, both in her blog and her books is gorgeous,…
Do You Love All Your Parts?
It’s Valentine’s Day, the day of love–and so I have to ask: do you love your toes, your eyes, your brows, your butt, your belly, your intestines, your femors, your…