How do I know that Dani is feeling indignant? Because she wrote last night, and I quote: “am going to bed on a wave of righteous indignation!” on a public online space — Twitter.
Did I ask her permission if I can quote her on my blog? No. Why would I? It was a Twitter post — publicly available for anyone’s [...]
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February 21st, 2010
Dani is feeling indignant
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February 5th, 2010
Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids
Did you catch this CBC documentary yesterday?
I got a heads-up from Ann Douglas’ blog at parentcentral.ca that it was coming and I was intrigued. In her review, Douglas concludes that this “hyper-parenting” phenomenon is largely a thing of the past:
The documentary is worth watching, if only as a reminder of where we’ve been and how far we’ve come in rejecting the [...]
February 4th, 2010
An Interesting Human: Dr. Basil Donovan
For my new gig over at Life As A Human, I have my first in a series of “interesting human” profiles posted today!
It features Dr. Basil Donovan, who was a member of a committed coalition of medical professionals, homosexuals, sex workers, nuns, drug addicts and politicians that “broke the law, offended everyone, and saved tens of thousands of lives” when AIDS [...]
February 1st, 2010
Life As A Human has launched!
So, today is the big day! Life As A Human, the Canadian-based e-zine I was telling you about in my last post has now launched.
I really had no idea how it was all going to come together or who the other writers were — it was a bit of a leap of faith to sign-on as a contributor. As you [...]
January 29th, 2010
My head is really big
My head is so big, it’s practically toppling off my neck at the moment. Here’s why:
An unexpected shout-out!
I like to poke around Girl about O-town’s blog because she always seems to know what new funky things are going on around Ottawa. Not the same ol’ stuff — fresh, interesting stuff! I love admiring great design — paper, home, web — and as it [...]
January 3rd, 2010
A Blogger’s 2009 in Review
Like a fun game of tag, I am going to follow after Andrea and do a Blogger’s 2009 in Review.
Here’s what you do. Just take the first line of the first post of every month and repost them in one big post.
I started blogging in June of this year (and already changed the layout 3 times!). So here’s how mine [...]
December 24th, 2009
Christmas stories to warm your heart
Although the whole house seems to be sick (again), and hubby and I are exhausted from rotating night visits to children, I’ve been warming up my heart to Christmas by reading the memories of other bloggers.
These are stories that touched my heart and resonated with me in a strong way. I hope that they may have the same lovely effect on [...]
December 15th, 2009
Should I change my name to Julian?
If I want to be a successful writer, then yes, maybe I should.
James Chartrand of Men with Pens – an extremely successful writer and blogger — has “outed” himself as a woman. A single mom, to be specific.
Why would a 30-something Canadian feel the need to adopt a male pen name? It’s explained in this Copyblogger guest post “Why James Chartrand [...]
November 20th, 2009
Want more info on H1N1?
My last post on H1N1 was October 30th. That post was an effort to put the latest bits of info all into one spot for readers. I’d like to do that again today as part of a “blog tour” with Mom Central*. (I’d also like to add my usual disclaimer here that – and, I don’t think this comes as a surprise – [...]
October 12th, 2009
A Gobbly-good Thanksgiving giveaway!
I just saw that my bloggy friend Dani is having an awesome giveaway and I thought you might not want to miss out!
It’s for an HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer. I’m sure it’s an awesome printer, but I’m all about that cute little bag that comes with it.
To enter the contest, click here.
October 6th, 2009
Looking for a good children’s book?
I like it when friends or family take the time to pick out a special book for one of my kids as a gift (and inscribe it with a personal note). And I like to do the same for my friends.
Recently, I’ve come across three great resources that make finding good books a lot easier. (So no, I’m not going to [...]
October 5th, 2009
Wordstock rocked
In 1969, hippies travelled from far and wide to attend Woodstock. They came to appreciate the vibe and the amazing music. They drank lots, they drugged lots. It was a good time.
It’s 40 years later, in 2009. Writers travelled from far and wide to attend Wordstock, at Ryerson University. They came to appreciate the wisdom and experience of amazing traditional [...]
October 2nd, 2009
Me and Mr. Mozart
My bloggy friend Andrea invited me out on a date to check out some Mozart. A night on the town is always welcome, but I was also really interested in this new orchestra performance format that the NAC has recently adopted.
Produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this format is called “Beyond the Score: Classical Music Exposed.” It’s been extremely well received by Chicago audiences and [...]
September 23rd, 2009
I'm still here, are you?
I started this blog in June. Within 2 weeks, I was an addict. My head is always spinning about, thinking about potential blog posts and ruminating about other people’s posts. I just love how the blogosphere keeps my mind a-buzzin’.
Most of all, I love the fact that people actually come here, read my words and take the time to comment. [...]
August 14th, 2009
A movie about blogging
I’ll be the first to admit, I haven’t been out to the movies much in, say, oh … the last seven years. Yes, coincidentally, since I’ve become a parent. So, I might be wrong here, but the movie Julie & Julia was the first movie that I know of with blogging as a central focus.
Even though I couldn’t care less [...]
