One Match
Hello friends, and happy September! I hope it’s begun well for you. I have two blog posts for you today. The first is my debut post with The History Girls. My essay, “Ahistorical Fiction”, is up on our...
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Alaska, Kingston, Bath
Hello, friends. I’ve got my head down this week, working on revisions to my forthcoming short story, “The Legendary Garrett Girls”. It’ll be part of a Candlewick Press anthology called Petticoats and...
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Last week, as I was leaving Novel Idea, our local indie bookstore, its owner Oscar Malan called out, “Oh, Ying: CKWS (the local TV station) is coming in to ask me about what sold well in 2014. They’d...
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An excess of the sublime
Hello, friends. This past week, our small bit of Lake Ontario achieved perfect lake-skating conditions: the ice was clear and dark, at least 4 inches thick (much thicker in parts), and incredibly...
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Rivals in the City is almost here!
Hello, friends. It’s official: we have a launch party for Rivals in the City! The specifics, if the image is hard to read: When: Saturday, March 7, from 3 to 5 p.m. Where: Novel Idea Books, 156...
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Triffids
Hello, friends. Every spring, I feel like it’s been a long, hard winter. (To be fair, I live in Ontario.) Every spring, I worry that the plants are behind. And every June, things kick into high gear. I...
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Rhythm and celebration
My lovelies, it’s been this kind of week: Miranda Zero and her baby brother, Charlie, basking by the wood stove. Set-up and photo by the 4yo; composition probably an accident. Everyone’s wiped, but...
View ArticleLeap Day Magic
On Leap Day, I went ice skating for the very first time*. It was unexpectedly magical. Ice skating is something I’ve wanted to try for ages but it took me a while (okay, several years) to get...
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Welcome, spring
Hello, friends. It’s early spring in eastern Ontario. This means that everything – everything! – is brown, there’s salt and grit all over the sidewalks and roads, and the weather is still mostly...
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The old man is snoring
Hello, friends. IT’S RAINING! This summer, Kingston is experiencing its most severe drought since 1888, and I am so grateful to see the recent rains. Yesterday, a series of coincidences led us to the...
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