The more I learn the more I realize how much I don’t know I can converse in French for an hour and a half Learning new words in French makes me feel like I’m using my brain I am learning above all patience. This language may take me another 10 years but it will be […]

lilies in the garden of every shape and size and fragrance sweet peas ready to be picked every other day maintaining my beautiful feet getting a new deck to enjoy some outdoor space accepting summer is here and so are the kids ALL THE TIME watering the garden even though we are on rain water […]

5. Had a very special 3 day visit with my dad who might as well move in with us 4. celebrated Canada Day on our island with a fantastic night market event where we got to visit with all our friends and think about how great our life is here on Gabriola 3. Had a […]

Starts with not with a bang but a nap. Granted, we had a busy weekend, complete with Canada celebrations, birthday parties and brunch with friends, but what I did not expect was an afternoon nap. I lay down with my ereader, determined to make some headway on my Virginia Woolf novel, “To the Lighthouse,” which […]

It’s epic. A day I’ve basically waited 8 years for. My first story is in paperback and for sale on Amazon. I feel like I’m fulfilling my purpose in life with this giant step forward. What a wonderful day to start the  day. I will distribute these books to local libraries and to my children. […]

I just checked Amazon and my first book will be available to purchase in paperback on June 30. This is a great day. I am so happy. Who know following your heart could be such a quest to feel so alive and fulfilled? Thanks universe for a late 43rd birthday gift!

The day has finally come and I am over the moon. All the hard work has paid off and I’m sitting in a place that I never thought I’d come to. It has taken me nine years to get this first book available as an ebook, first, and then as a print book. I have […]

So I did it. I just sent the final version of my first story to Amazon to be printed. One more day to get a review and I should be able to send my book through for print on demand publishing. I feel so full of adrenalyn. This is what we’re here for though, isn’t […]

The last three weeks have been a whirlwind. My body finally cut me off and effectively said, “You better slow down, Jane.” Of course, I completely ignored the signs of chronic overdoingness, and then came down with a bug that has knocked me flat, just in time for this 43 year-old’s birthday. We celebrated on […]