Humour

Children & Proverbs

Found this via The Boulder Therapist. There are some really funny ones in there. “A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you. Better to be safe than………………..Punch ...

911 Writers Block

WEbook, a self-publishing service, has a fun app, 911 Writers Block, for those who are stuck, whether it’s with a character, a scene, or a verb. If anything, it’s a nice tool to waste time instead of writing… and who knows, maybe it will trigger some masterpiece.

How to procrastinate

I’ve used any of these tactics many times to avoid starting to write in the morning, including watching this video: Getting Started by Richard Condie, – NFB I guess it’s a reminder of two things: if you don’t get started, you don’t get anywhere, and sometimes you might as well do something else (like going to ...

Another Book List…

The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? (Lifted from Sherry D. Ramsey’s Notes — Thanks, Sherry!) The ones I’ve read are highlighted in red. Yeah, a bit of bragging here 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen X 2 The ...

Why I love Christopher Moore

I’ve been rereading Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal and giggling all the way. I love Christopher Moore — I’ve read pretty much everything he’s written– but the following extract is such a perfect example of why I love his writing: it’s erudite, funny, irreverent: “It’s form the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the ...
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About Me

I was born in Montreal, Quebec (that’s in Canada, folks) but was raised in a small Quebec Laurentians town called Mont-Laurier. I didn’t stay there long, though, and studied and lived in Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax, where I obtained my Masters Degree in Psychology from Saint Mary’s University.Throughout the years, I’ve been a housekeeper, ...