Tag Archives: creative non-fiction

March On, Women

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

In honour of International Women’s Month, a mini-blog fest featuring women around the world. Thanks to everyone who participated in this gathering — your art and your words and your lives inspire. ~ ~ ~ Dance. Resurrect. Survive.  Dancer and … Continue reading →

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Pi in the Sky

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

Last night I was confronted with the question, Why Do You Write? It came on a writers’ website which I just joined. I wrote up a bio and list of favorite authors and books for my Profile. And then came … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day Then and Now: Women Rocking the World in Their Own Way

Posted on March 9, 2010 by

This week I’m thinking of all the women in my life, because March 8 is, after all, International Women’s Day and this is, by extension, International Women’s Month.  The idea itself dates back to 1910. Its historical roots lay in … Continue reading →

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An American Perspective on Canuck Sports

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

(Monday, 01 March 2010, 0900; Whangarei, New Zealand) Here we are, in the flow of the Winter Olympics season. The 2010 games are happening in a city that’s become well known to me, and I’ve been keeping up via internet … Continue reading →

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On Fasting. Which Turns Out to be More about Food than the Absence Thereof

Posted on February 22, 2010 by

I recently started a fast. A detox. A whole body cleanse. Whatever you call it. This is something entirely new for me, as I’m not a crash dieter. I’m not much of a dieter at all, in fact. Artificially sweetened … Continue reading →

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February 14, 2010: On Marketing and Meaning, Living and Loving

Posted on February 14, 2010 by

On this day, I’m reflecting, along with all the other writers and non-writers I know, on Love. I’m not a big fan of sentimentality organized around Hallmark greeting cards or tasteless waxy chocolates. I think the last time I got … Continue reading →

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Who dat sayin’ I’m not a Saints Fan?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Yesterday, I posted a GO SAINTS! blurb on my Facebook wall, which prompted mockery from a good friend of mine who knows me well. He knows I’m not a sports gal; he knows that in particular I’m not a football … Continue reading →

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When you gotta glow, you gotta glow…

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

I recently visited the Kawiti Glow Worm Caves with my friend Nancy. Situated between Whangarei (where I live) and Opua (where she lives), the caves are reputed to be one of the North Island’s natural landmarks here in New Zealand. … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Place: A Reflection on Literature, Cowboy Boots and the Search for Panama

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

As we neared landfall in the Marquesas Islands back in 2008, nearly 3000 miles from where we had started, we were farther from anywhere we had ever known. I have been living aboard my sailboat, Momo, for years – it … Continue reading →

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