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It has been an eventful year for me and everyone else, to be sure. 2025 started off with my lung surgery to remove a cancerous nodule. Three months of recovery and 10 pounds later, I was able to breathe again with minimal struggle. I had many moments with cherished friends and family. I managed to go on a cruise around the United Kingdom, visiting England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. So much history and political unrest over the centuries came to life. Wil

It has been just over five years since my mother passed away. There was nothing worse than watching her deteriorate before my eyes. A once vibrant, thoughtful, deeply feeling person. Gone. Someone I remembered as awe-inspiring. How she managed everything in spite of competing demands. How she picked herself up and pushed through life’s ups and downs. That was my mother; but Alzheimer’s took her away from me. Alzheimer’s, or the memory thief , as I call it, was a battle that s

As a writer it's not about how much money I make, it is about the love of writing. Let's face it, writing, unless you're somebody who is well-known, is not going to make you rich, but won't it be sweet when it does? I enjoy the craft of weaving a story that a reader might enjoy. There's something special about an idea that unfolds in the pages of a manuscript. Do writers have the entire story in their heads or do they follow their characters to see where they might lead them?

I took a package in 2019 and officially retired from the provincial civil service in August, 2020, after a wonderful 30-year career. I planned to travel, write a book about it, and when I got bored, work in a bookstore. That was the dream. You got it. Not great timing for much travel as the reality of the next couple of years thwarted those plans. While I was able to do some travel in 2019 and early 2020, the world became flat and unnavigable. Time stood still and life, as we