Holy Mecca for the LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints) aka Mormons. This area is called Temple Square for good reason. Brigham Young, who led the Mormons to Salt Lake City from the east. I have no idea why they wouldn’t have stopped in the high desert country of Western Wyoming (where no tulips areContinue reading “Photogenic Salt Lake City”
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Random Roundup
Yee haw – time to catch up on what’s been happening down here in Wyoming! The last few weeks have been crazy and the next couple of months promise to be as well. First off, the book has officially gone to the printers after a seemingly endless stream of edits, PDF proofs, rewrites, and indexing.Continue reading “Random Roundup”
The Great Escape
After a month of being solidly at my desk and Doug being off on jobs constantly, we decided to make a break for it last weekend. He had a few days off and I was feeling on top of my work and unable to do any more editing without a brief change of scenery. So,Continue reading “The Great Escape”
“Wyoming folks have it better than most”
This was the headline for last week’s Green River Star editorial by Kathy Gilbert and from what’s been going on around the U.S. and the rest of the world, I tend to agree. Gilbert was writing in response, of course, to the national recession and everything it entails: increased unemployment, reduced drilling for natural gasContinue reading ““Wyoming folks have it better than most””
The deadline neareth
Many people seem to think writers produce in a fit of creativity and mostly spend their days awaiting inspiration while going on cool trips to far-off places, and possibly drinking absinthe. While I get zaps of inspiration from time to time, I find creating any piece of writing mostly takes a lot of hard work.Continue reading “The deadline neareth”
Under Pressure
I am so stressed out right now, I’m finding it stressful thinking about writing about how stressed I am. The last time I felt this overwhelmed my mum was undergoing cancer treatments, I was struggling through a difficult master’s program, and Doug had taken me on what was supposed to be a 14km hike andContinue reading “Under Pressure”
Family-Friendly U.S.A.
Last night I went to another Poetry Slam event in Rock Springs. Not content to sit on the sidelines, I composed a few and entered the competition. I had a blast and got some good scores and feedback – luckily! It has, after all, been many moons since I’ve written and performed poetry. Here isContinue reading “Family-Friendly U.S.A.”
Writing Fever
Forgive me father, for I have sinned, it has been 10 days since my last blog entry… Ah, but I have so much to show for it: Today is my editor’s official ‘draft is due’ deadline for the Laurentian book, and miracle of miracles, I’m just about ready to send off the final chapters! OfContinue reading “Writing Fever”
The London Leg
I realize I’ve been home for a week and still haven’t written up the final leg of my UK journey. Here goes! The last couple of days I was in the UK I spent with my lovely friend, Emily, in north London. Emily and I met while I was on university exchange in Leeds inContinue reading “The London Leg”
My Canterbury Tales
The next stop in my UK travels was to see my friend, Monica, in Canterbury, England. So on Sunday, January 25th I boarded a flight from Edinburgh to London Gatwick, took the Gatwick Express train to London Victoria rail/coach terminus and caught a bus heading east. This was definitely the leg of my trip whereContinue reading “My Canterbury Tales”