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controlled burn
A blog post imaging Mother Earth as a menopausal woman … guess what? she’s hot and over it!
haiku wins contest
It is nearing the end of April (designated as National Poetry Month here in Canada) and I am very pleased to share that a haiku I wrote for a contest in my local library system was chosen to be the first place winner. It’s always exciting to “win” something, especially when, in this case, the
(ripening) before the bloom
Since I last wrote, life has been busy, off-kilter, and to be honest, I’m a hollow husk of my normal self at the moment. All of my plucky optimism and self-help mantras from the beginning of the year could not shield me from life pressures of late, and what I once turned to for escape
trick to being happy
Top ten ways to trick your brain into being happy in 2023.
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in the beginning
An early missive from my childhood confirms that we fundamentally don’t change much in life; we just get more wrinkly.
tideline
Celebrating poetry month with my poem tideline, part of the 2026 LAND & SEA Poetry Walk in Downtown Courtenay
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inbetween, video
a new recording captures the dreamlike piece inbetween
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poetry pause
chess moves, was published Dec. 16, 2025 as the Poetry Pause selection from the Leasue of Canadian Poets.
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Two publishing credits
Sharing two publishing credits in the Sea & Cedar magazine, which also featured artist, Donna Dubock.
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Key of Sea — a retreat and a byline
Singing circles on the seashore created amazing memories and a light-hearted article that was published in InHabit magazine.
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family ties
A poem on the theme of family, titled “in your bones”, features on the storefront window of Uranus Gifts in Courtenay BC.
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