Category Archives: News
Life and Research Revisited
“Time flies more quickly the older I get,” my mother warned. And so it seems to me. When I notice the date of my last blog I am shocked. How could it be? Our very cold winter has faded into … Continue reading
Points West: Time Travel
Bus Tour: Points West Oct 3, 2017 After some nasty days, sunshine broke through the clouds and blessed us as we traveled west through a golden prairie landscape. Forty-seven enthusiastic seniors in a comfortable bus headed for Carberry where 10 … Continue reading
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum Library Good News to share! Folllwing the Whistler Writers’ Festival last fall, I stopped in Edmonton and left a copy of my book with friends. The University and Public Library already had copies so I suggested he ask … Continue reading
Sabbatical
Since last I wrote, my life as an author has slipped into the background. It’s been a sabbatical after ten years of relentless research to keep a promise I made to my father before he died—”I’ll find out more about … Continue reading
Finalist at Whistler Writers’ Festival
Book Awards in the past were simply news, I read the lists, felt pleased for the shortlisted authors and more pleased for the winners. Now that I’ve had the honour to be a participant in the process, I’m sharing my … Continue reading
Whistler Writers Festival
My next blog will say more about the experience of being a finalist for The Whistler Independent Book Award. But first an introduction. It is not every Manitoban in their eighties who manages to drive almost 6000 kilometers to enjoy … Continue reading
Readers’ unique responses
Launching a book is a transcendent experience. I quote Mark Winston’s words from his book: Lessons From the Bees that describe my experience. ‘It is simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying, much like I imagine bungee jumping or shy diving. It takes … Continue reading
Finalists announced: ‘For Elise’ is one of three
Whistler Independent Book Awards NON-FICTION FINALISTS Campbell, Miji – Separation Anxiety: A Coming-of-Middle-Age Story Veldhuis, Oriole A. Vane – For Elise: Unveiling the Forgotten Woman on the Criddle Homestead Ziegler, Maggie – The Road to Keringet I would have been content with … Continue reading
‘For Elise’ is nominated for award
July 4, 2016 Wow day! Big surprise. The longlist of titles nominated for the inaugural Whistler Independent Book Awards included my book, For Elise; Unveiling the forgotten Woman on the Criddle Homestead. It’s another milestone! Last March when I discovered … Continue reading
Ontario 4: From Lucan to Holstein to Aurora
Ontario 4: From Lucan, to Holstein, Innisfil, and Aurora After two long days on the road without my navigator, he was ready to travel east with me to touch base with another former classmate from Guelph who came west with … Continue reading