Fort McMurray is burning.

A wildfire rages at the edges of town. Right now. Right now my acquaintances are checking in on Facebook, I’m safe, I’m safe. Right now the fire has become a “crown fire,” the tops of conifers blazing, perverse Christmas trees blossoming with flames a hundred metres high, sparks crossing first the Athabasca River, then ( Read more... )

There is a literary magazine I love, Five Dials. I devour their issues--each with a different theme, or focused on authors from a certain region of the world, or on a form or style. I tend to grab random friends and read chunks out loud until their eyes glaze over with what I like to think is literary joy ( Read more... )

“Are you an almond milk person or soy ( Read more... )

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1  Yea, and the LORD spake from the heavens, and he said ( Read more... )

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And boy has it been one hell of a summer. Thus far ( Read more... )

I’m in Africa for five weeks and enjoying the sunshine! Ironically, it’s getting colder and colder here - the seasons are reversed, and winter is on the way. This year’s rainier than usual, too ( Read more... )

Some days it's easy, up with the sun, shower and go. Soy latte, table by the window, headphones in--

Bleed it out dig it deeper just to throw it away--Linkin Park blotting out the buzz of the coffee shop, focus view on the Word doc, 5 pages of re-typing, 5 pages of edits, bam! it's done. Some days it's harder, I needed the sleep, I needed to ( Read more... )

And boy did being back at circus work kick my ass. I love it-I love it-I love it-but if I’m going to keep doing circus and writing, I need to change my behavior patterns to allow room for both. I’m between gigs again, and I’m in a town with a dear writer friend who wants to do writing dates several times a week, so I’m ready to hit the ground ( Read more... )