Where I spray-paint my thoughts…
I've seen this meme comparing modest dress (for girls, of course) to putting a screen protector on a phone or tablet, going around lately. So I thought I'd write this little parable for people who need a reminder about true Biblical teaching. A father bought his teenage son the latest iPhone. “You should probably put …
Continue reading "Bible Lessons for Boys, or, A Woman Is Not an iPhone, Actually"
The modern, lightweight, plastic shopping bag with built-in handles was the invention of Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin, and was released into the world in 1965. So was I. I mean, I was released into the world in 1965. I was not the invention of Swedish engineer, as far as I know. And I don't …
Most years, I do something like a "Top Ten Books of the Year" list, to recommend books I've read and loved during the past year. (Other times, it's a Top 12 or Top 15, or a list split between Top Fiction and Top Non-fiction -- I've done it a bunch of different ways). This year, …
I write historical fiction because I'm interested in stories that come from the margins of history – stories of people whose perspective rarely gets included in official accounts. That’s why I’m drawn to writing women’s stories – exploring real or fictional women whose names and experiences never made it into the history books. I can …
This is my favourite photo from 2022. I took it one year ago yesterday, October 7, 2022, while crossing the Pontcyscyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal in Wales. In the 16 years following our 2006 trip to England (during which we rented a canal boat), Jason often mentioned how much he'd like to do another …
This is a repost of something I just wrote in my newsletter, but I know there are people who read my occasional blog, or land on this page looking for me, who don't read my newsletter. (For the record, this is just a site where I write a blog post now and then: my official …
Continue reading "Release Day is Coming! What Does That Mean?"
I live in an old house -- built around 1945. We've lived here since 1995 and the house had a few different owners before us. But lately I've been spending a lot of time in a house that's not as old chronologically, but has even deeper roots for me. It's the house my parents bought …
In response to this piece in Adventist Today by Loren Seibold, I am taking up his challenge to write a letter to Elder Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He will likely never read it. But because this issue is important to me and I want anyone, especially any fellow Adventist, …
Pioneering Newfoundland writer, feminist, and activist Helen Fogwill Porter died last month at the age of 92. A plethora of tributes were published in the days following her death, ranging from a profile in the lofty Globe and Mail to a deeply personal CBC interview with her lifelong friend and fellow writer Bernice Morgan (who …
Continue reading "O Take Me As I Am: A Story About A Story by Helen Fogwill Porter"
Coming up with a "Top Ten" or "Top Anything" list of favourite books from the past year is a little project I've been doing since, oh ... 2006? Some years it's easy, and other years it's frickin' difficult, mostly because I've read so many good books in a given year that I can't narrow it …
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