As you know…. If you have been following along (if not read here my first blog post), I submitted a few stories to a couple of competitions. I told you here about the rejection, BUT in my email this week, I received a couple of reviews on two of my stories from the CANSCAIP jury. These … Continue reading Progress
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Standoffish
When I was 17 and moved to the Netherlands for a year, I had a horrible last few hours of my flight over. I felt ill and spent the majority of those hours getting sick in the tiny airport washroom. I had mentally prepared for moving away and not being with my family, but I … Continue reading Standoffish
Beginnings
My first day of grade 1, I came home crying because I hadn’t learned how to read yet. I was told grade 1 would be the year I could learn how to read a book by myself. Just imagine my surprise when I wasn’t an expert the first day. You know how I like to … Continue reading Beginnings
Art Critiquing and Soft Skills
In college while studying Visual Arts, we had critiquing days that the class would sit in a room for up to 8 hours. You could equate the complaining (bragging) about the ‘hard work’ of critiquing art for 8 hours to an academic student complaining (bragging) about staying up all night to study. I am sure … Continue reading Art Critiquing and Soft Skills
Time
Time is so fascinating. I bought the newest Carlo Rovelli book called ‘The Order of Time’. I can’t wait to read it (but have a few other reads currently on the go). I am fascinated by the physics of time and how it actually works. But that is a side story, maybe a blog for … Continue reading Time
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