Chasing Success

A hint of what is coming in my book… Forward I’ve floated the title of my book “Chasing Success – The Trouble With Being Normal” to many people over the last couple of years. Most, if not all, loved the title. Interestingly enough, almost immediately after the magic of my nifty book title has worn […]

Retirement – Day 1

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Well today is my first day of my pre-retirement. I am actually on holidays until February 17th. Which is the date I actually officially retire from the government. I have taken holidays and have stayed at home and worked around the house. But, it does seem a little weird to be at home, with no […]

New Years Eve Celebration

After a wonderful, but rather hectic Christmas celebration with my family. Tina and I headed out to Kananaskis Country to bring in the New Year with co-workers, friends and new friends! It was wonderful to get out of the city! We went to the Ribbon Creek Hostel. There were about 30 of us! Games were […]

Celebrate What’s Right In The World

You just have to look in the news or talk to your neighbor while shoveling your walk. There are many issues across the world right now! That we could say that are non-supportive to our overall well-being. So, it is even more important in the here and now to celebrate. To celebrate, what’s good about […]

Feeling Surreal

I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say that my upcoming retirment didn’t feel a little surreal to me. I am really excited about it. But after being on a schedule for 41 years. It seems a little out there for my mind to proccess that soon, I will be the creator of my […]

This or Something Better

This post was an unfinished DRAFT that I have now decided to complete. Look at me go 🙂 I was shoveling snow after a freakish April snowstorm on April 19th, 2022 I began to think, “If I wasn’t having to shovel snow right now, what would I prefer to be doing with my time?” The […]

Writers Muse

A creative muse is any source of inspiration you rely on to enrich your writing life and provide you with creative ideas for your next writing project. The word muse comes from the Greek mousai, and refers to the goddesses of creativity and the arts. When I wrote A Warrior’s Heart: The Awakening, music was my […]

What the ?$%^ is a Literary Tropes?

Without looking it up, do you know what a trope is?? I knew as an author I used tropes a lot! But I didn’t know what I was using was called a trope! trope  noun \ ˈtrōp  \ Definition of trope  1: a word or expression used in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF SPEECH 2: a common or overused theme or […]

Hola’

I am seriously considering putting together a writers weeklong retreat in Playa de Carmen, Mexico in mid to late February 2023. You fly into Cancun Mexico and our ground transportation will take you to the site! I don’t know a lot of the details. But what I do know is that: Includes 2 chef prepared […]

Homophones and Homonyms

As an author, language is important, but equally as important is grammar. I personally don’t struggle with language when I write as I have a very verbose and well rounded dictionary of words to choose from. But it is that darn ole’ issue of grammar that can trip me up. Which it does regularly. Especially […]