Pure frivolity
Well, hello! I’m planning a fun new giveaway for next week that will involve Questions and Prizes. I’m also writing like fury (The Agency 3: The Traitor and the Tunnel), which means that this week...
View ArticleLove and poetry
This week, two of my dearest friends got married. When Sarah and Steve asked me to read a poem at their ceremony, I was thrilled to be part of their wedding – as well as by the discovery of a new-to-me...
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What I did for Hallowe’en
Turns out I'm the murder-mystery house party type, after all... Photo by my host, the fabulous Annette Willis.
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Snow Day!
Yesterday, instead of going to daycare and working, my son and I: - frolicked in the snow - marvelled at its relentlessness when all signs of shovelling were obliterated after an hour - waited for my...
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The 7lb Time Machine
It’s been 4 weeks since I last posted, friends. I didn’t mean to stay away that long. But I have an excellent reason: Our daughter is finally here. She is, possibly, the loveliest baby in the history...
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Happy Hallowe’en!
Hello, friends! I hope you’ll indulge my parental amusement for a minute. This is the jack o’lantern designed by our resident 3-year-old. Is it just me, or is a small child’s drawing of a face more...
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So indulged
Hello, friends. I’m blogging this week from my parents’ house, where my partner, children, and I are playing, napping, idling, walking, exploring, and generally being coddled by the people who gave me...
View ArticleThe exam of my life
Hello, all. What does December remind you of? I think of birthdays, Christmas, winter solstice, snow, darkness, and candles. Also, because I spent rather too many years at university, I think of exams....
View ArticleThink you love books?
The mad geniuses at Type Books (which hosted my Toronto launch for The Body at the Tower) do. The proof? This absolutely charming stop-action short, showing what books get up to at night. You’d have to...
View ArticleNegotiating with tradition
Hello friends! We celebrate Christmas in our house, and we’re still figuring out our traditions. I come from a family whose only tradition is to not have any traditions (even the Christmas tree was...
View ArticleWe will always have cake
Hello, friends. There have been a lot of birthdays in our family over the past 2 months. As a consequence, there has also been a lot of cake. I grew up eating birthday cakes made from boxed cake mixes....
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