Writing Prompts #3

An opening line ... 20 minutes ... no self-editing ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Write! They say Old Weezie’s been reading palms out of her run-down shack for a hundred years or more. Though she doesn't look so old. I've been visiting her shack ever since I was a little girl and she...

Writing Prompts #2

An opening line, 20 minutes, no self-editing ... let's do this! My husband disappeared on August 28, 1998. One minute he was there, beside me browsing the stalls in the busy Farmers' Market, and the next he wasn't. At first I thought he must have just popped into one of the shops nearby. Peter was...

Writing Prompts #1

I have decided that I'm going to not just write more in 2018, but write more creative types of things. So in that spirit I want to try a new weekly exercise using Writing Prompts. Just Google "Writing Prompts" and you can find all kinds of things to get you started. The prompt is in...

Still Living! 2017 Year in Review

Eleven days ago I went to the hospital for a gallbladder removal procedure. I arrived for 7 am. I arrived early so the doors weren't even unlocked yet on the second floor where I would have my operation. Not being able to eat anything much for over a month had taken a toll on me....

Words on Water Pre-Irish Festival

Recently I accepted the position of Vice President at Words on Water, the Miramichi's longest running performance art series featuring poetry, prose, spoken word and music. I've been informally involved with the group off and on for over a decade, but now it's official. So that's pretty exciting! We've been hosting regular events a few...

What About Love

"Don't you want someone to care about you?" My first instinct, "Of course, that's a silly question!" My second thought, "Someone does care about me." My third pondering, "Are you behaving like a person who doesn't want someone to care about you?" My fourth question, "You do want someone to care about you, don't you?"...