I’ve been meaning to post this for a few days, but didn’t get around to doing it. Do you read Ev Bishop’s blog? If you’re at all interested in writing, you should. Yesterday, over a decadent piece of cake (well, two… we didn’t want to share!), my friend kc and I got talking about this [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Wherever you go…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogs, cake, Ev Bishop, kc dyer on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
13000 days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inspiration, Martin Chung Photography, NILMDTS on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned in my earlier post that I’ve been catching up on blogs and finding inspiration in other people’s writing lately. Ever thought about how many days you have left in your life, if you’re lucky? Read this. In the interest of full disclosure, it happens to have been written by my husband. But I [...]
Writing Through
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged golf, losing your swing, writing slump on March 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been in a bit of a frustrating writing spot lately. It’s one of those times when the disconnect between my brain and my fingers seems particularly noticeable. I have all this great stuff in my head, but when it comes to actually putting in in words, I fail badly. What comes out is not [...]
The end of publishing?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
From A Novel Woman via a member at the Compuserve Books and Writers Forum:
When good Photoshop goes bad
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Martin Chung Photography, photography, photoshop, retouching on March 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
My husband’s a photographer, and since the big switch to digital, we get into a lot of conversations about the manipulation of images. His approach is simply to take good pictures and then enhance minimally to bring out what’s already there, much as film photographers have always done in the darkroom. You can check out [...]
Olympic Boos? Not in Canada
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged booing, Canadians, hockey, Olympics on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Apparently I’m not the only one missing the Olympics. All over the net, I’m running into blogs and articles and posts about the amazing two weeks here, and I’m not even out looking for them. They just seem to turn up. One thing I’ve seen a couple of times is major kudos to Canadians for [...]
After the Olympics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, moments, Olympics on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Like many Vancouverites I know, I’m suffering a bit of Olympic withdrawal today. I sat down with my cup of tea first thing this morning, mentally all set for my morning Olympic update, and there was, of course, none to be had. Back to reality. I’ve been thinking a lot today about what I want [...]