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Photo by Devon Rogers on Unsplash I chatted with a young writer the other day, and she asked me how important it was to focus on platform building. The lack of a platform can keep a writer wide awake at 3:00am, eating ...

The bike repair shop we discovered right around the corner, that kept my ride going. My cat-watching days are almost over. When quiet settled across the land in general and Arlington Street in particular, I sat on my bed and looked out ...

Dewey's dreams. These days Dewey and I walk more slowly than we ever have around our neighbourhood. It used to be exercise for me, and now it's more of a stroll of sniffing. Dewey starts out beside me and ends up behind ...

I have something fun to share. On Thursday, May 20th, if you're married to a pastor you are warmly invited to "Married to the Minister" a virtual gathering to be heard, seen and encouraged. Since the release of The Minister's Wife: a ...

Thanks Joyful on unsplash for your pretty marshmallow picture. About a third of the way through 2020, I attended a legal (then) outdoor gathering where I realized I might have a problem on my hands moving forward. Out of all the people ...

The other day I spread sections of the newspaper I knew I was done with (business and sports, incase that's not obvious) on a corner of our dining room table. I retrieved our little basket of shoe polish, cloths and brushes and ...

Books on writing and creativity I've been loving lately. I may have told this story before, but once, when I was a kid reading in bed, my sister burst into my room to say "Your room is on fire you idiot!" Which ...

The other night I sat on my bed, trying to look like I wasn't sitting on my bed, and met online with a group of new friends. Almost everyone, as it turned out, was perched on their bed or sitting in their ...

The other day, when we were driving aimlessly around Ottawa, Brent turned to me and said, "What is the song in the whole world you would most like to hear right now?" "Jackson," I replied, obviously. He quickly found it on Spotify ...

To sleep tonight, I had to write an article today. It felt a little bit like climbing a mountain to get to that beautiful valley tucked in its shadow on the other side, except with notes and highlighters and my laptop and ...

On Saturday, we strolled through the forest like it was Paris, spinning around on the spot, taking photos with our phones and saying "Look at this!" and sighing, "It's so beautiful." I felt for the couple skiing a few metres ahead of ...

This picture, stuck to a wall, was a highlight of my walk. I have thought a few times about writing our kids and Brent's parents to tell them how great their father and son has turned out to be in a pandemic. ...