Travel Theme: RED

The photo theme on Ailsa’s fabulous Where’s My Backpack travel blog is simply RED. My mind immediately turned to one of my visits in the south of Spain with my beautiful, crazy (in the best way), smart, adventurous sister-in-law … who went for a one-week holiday in Andalucia and is still there 23 years later …

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: THANKFUL

From The Daily Post @ WordPress.com  – The Weekly Photo Challenge – THANKFUL In as few words as possible (the TRUE challenge for me) , amongst many other things, I’m most thankful for family, friends, freedom and: EVERY SUNRISE EVERY SUNSET AND EVERY MOMENT IN BETWEEN THAT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW EXPERIENCES AND I AM THANKFUL I’VE

Pinch me!

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Ooops – I’m late again  – I know it’s Saturday, but we have company and I’m attempting to sneak this post in while still being a somewhat gracious hostess. Good thing we have understanding friends who realize writing and blogging are  consuming my life  somewhat distracting at times. What

Hey girls – want to play hockey?

I am such a fan of the Canadian Women’s Foundation! A public foundation, it consists of committed supporters, donors and volunteers across the country and diligent, enthusiastic staff workers that passionately believe in the importance of social change. In the simplest terms, CWF invests in programs that move women and girls out of violence, out

Weekly Photo Challenge: GEOMETRY

This week’s photo challenge is guest hosted by Quintin Lake of Quintin Lake Architectural Photography. Click on the link  for more about this week’s theme and his photography tips! Geometry: This challenge is about the shapes and rhythms that make up the geometry of our world. Here’s my shot looking through the porches of the change huts

In search of the perfect chèvre …

If it’s Friday, it must be France … When we lived in Antibes for five months in 2011 …  *pause briefly here while I weep and wail quietly lament we are not there now* … pardon my sniffling … okay, I’ve pulled myself together … To continue … our favourite fromagier, Jacques, at the daily

Nicky Wells is rockin’ the blog!

Author Nicky Wells has beamed herself over from the UK to pay a visit to my blog today.  Like the rock stars she writes about, Nicky is on tour! There is much to celebrate with the current release of Sophie’s Turn by her new publisher Sapphire Star. A romantic comedy, this is the first volume

The Promise Of Provence

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Alloooo, I’m still deep in my revisions and very excited about how things are going for my next novel! In fact, I believe I’ve finally settled on a title *HUGE sigh of relief*. Now I can go back to counting chocolates to fall asleep instead of having

The Wireless Generation – could this be you?

For a few weeks now you may have noticed me talking on Twitter or Facebook about a documentary project being prepared for Sundance called The Wireless Generation. Here’s the skinny on it. “ABOUT THIS FILM The internet has changed everything. Not just how we work, but where. Working from home in the US has increased dramatically

Choopy’s Cupcakes and Coffee Shop

If it’s Friday, it must be France … Mon Dieu, what a day I’ve had! There’s malware in my Hotmail apparently sending messages to everyone in my address book that I’m in distress in Greece and need money! It took a few hours of phone calls to Microsoft for them to figure out why I