Another turkey. Another abandoned attempt at making turkey soup.
I always start the soup. I almost always forsake it half way through. I think that is because making turkey soup, by definition, follows thawing, wrestling, tying, roasting, resting, carving a turkey.
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The recent scandal of the Eastside Vancouver charity PHS Society and its massive mishandling and inappropriate spending of money — funds that would presumably have gone to some of the most desperate neighbourhoods in Canada, sickened me. Such abuse of money. Such entitlement. I wanted to slap the guy.
Great stories often start with great questions. And great questions are usually simple ones: What if? How about? or I wonder?
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This week I have encountered two dramatically different reactions from writers being edited.
One response, from a young woman writing a difficult magazine piece, oozed professionalism. Whatever she felt inside, it didn’t leak out. She completed the required revisions in 24 hours and sent them back with a cheery note.
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I’m working on a project now that is sprawling and global. I will be working on it when I am 90. This is a project requiring different editors at different stages. And this is when editors remind me of hairdressers.
The editor/hairdresser fine line Read More »
