My 5 week creative visit to France. As I did last year, I will be blogging about my artist’s retreat for 2023. This time I’m just doing this with one friend instead of at an official residency. Why do a residency? Well, it’s a chance to really put a focus […]
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The Forth and Final Week of My Artist Residency in Iceland Day 22: I decided the ice and fire thing is nice, but really, Iceland is all about the rocks and the weather. It’s been much colder and windier that I had anticipated for the time of year. I found […]
Week Three of My Artist Residency Day 13: I’m feeling a bit low energy today. Its hard to get a satisfying rest at night because of the light. I just don’t feel like sleeping when it’s still bright out. I drove to the next town in search of some wine, […]
Week Two of My Artist Residency Day 7: After spending some time researching, we decided to go for a drive. One of the wonderful things about Iceland at this time of year, is that there is light until very late. Dusk happens around midnight, so you often find yourself thinking […]
My First Week In Iceland DAY 1: I left Toronto on a 9:00 PM flight to Reykjavik on May first. The flight is just over five hours, so I would be arriving at 2:20 AM, add four hours and it’s actually 6:20 AM local time. I love flying in the […]
For some reason, the weather has been a much bigger part of my life these last few years. As I have more time for riding, hiking and skiing, I notice that everything is so weather contingent, and the weather is so very finicky so much of the time. It rains […]
Writing is a discipline, something that one practices with (hopefully) regular application; however, there are times when the challenges of everyday life are so great that it interrupts the flow of ideas and words for a length of time. I have been going through one of these times. It began […]
I love to go to conventions. I’m lucky I have so many to choose from. Not only does my home town host several I enjoy that feature my genre and focus on literature, such as Ad Astra, but occasionally I find one nearby enough to be able to get to […]
A long time ago, when I was a high school student, I had the chance to write my own stories during an independent study course I took in English. You can read about my experience here on wattpad.com. I didn’t always write, for I had begun with art. I tended toward […]