We have a bit of a family tradition that whenever possible we have an easy Friday dinner and have a family movie night. Thanks to a range of reasons we haven’t done this for a few weeks and we have all missed it. But tonight we are going to make it happen. The plan is…
Feel Good
I’m a Daphne finalist
I’m very excited to be able to announce that my manuscript is a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in the unpublished mainstream mystery/suspense category. The Daphne is run by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA (America). Good luck to the other finalists *waving*: Liz Boeger Lis Angus Raimey…
A break from murder and mayhem
After a month of posts on poisons and stories of their use, which wasn’t exactly an uplifting topic (although fascinating), I thought I should make my first non A to Z post a little more rainbows and unicorns. So here are a few little heartwarming stories to shake-off the doom and gloom you might now…
Stick Library
A feel good story… a 10 year old and his Dad built stick libraries at the local dog parks in Saskatoon, Canada (they got the idea from New Zealand). The idea was to find something for pet owners to keep their dogs entertained during lockdown. No need to return, they are just there for dogs…
Ludo has arrived
At the end of last week The Hub and I made the epic trip to collect the new addition to our family (about 5 hours drive each way so it was a long day). Ludo is a delicious caramel bundle of pure joy. He’s 9.5 weeks old, weighs 1.7kg (3.7lb) and has won all of…