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Continue reading →: Short story: Mr. Music, Please!Patrick’s hand flies to his chin, “Shit!” a thin red trickle streaming onto his index finger. He removes his hand to assess the damage, watching the coursing blood turn the shaving cream on the face of his steam-fogged reflection pink. Rinsing the wound, he fumbles for the toilet paper. There…
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Continue reading →: Short story: My Cousin, the Water Skiing GoddessThis is a story about youthful memories, set in 1980. Her slender, tanned arm rises from the water, her hand turned in a thumb’s up position. Uncle Jack pushes the throttle forward and we’re off. I’m at the back of the boat, posted as look-out, my dad sitting opposite…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – Behind YouBack to adult fiction, this time Catherine Hernandez’s latest novel Behind You. Even before its official release in May 2024, it was optioned for a film adaptation by Conquering Lion Pictures; as she did for the award-winning Compy Films adaptation of her acclaimed novel Scarborough, Hernandez will be writing the…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – The Torchbearer’s QuestUp next in book blurbs for fun, another YA novel. This time, The Torchbearer’s Quest, by Christine Callahan-Oke. Another really enjoyable read – with a great name for the hero. 🙂 Middle schooler Cate already has a lot to deal with – navigating school and being the “weird kid” trying…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun – Big Bad MeHi, all. Yeah, I know – it’s been a while. And, once again, I realized I was doing a lot of writing and editing for other folks and not doing my own. On the upside, I’ve been getting better at an annual goal that I keep renewing every New Year’s…
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Continue reading →: What I’ve been up toI recently realized that I’ve been neglecting the cowbell blog lately – lots going on these days, navigating loss, managing work and looking after my mental health. As I emerge from a rough fall/winter, I’m feeling much more energetic and optimistic, have re-started my daily journalling and continue to practice…
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Continue reading →: Word & song of the year 2024Happy New Year! As I was getting over how fast 2023 went by, I realized it was time to choose a word and a song for 2024. Since they’re so closely linked this year, I thought I’d cover them in one post for a change. My 2024 word of the…
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Continue reading →: Top 5 childhood Christmas TV showsReposting my top 10 favourite holiday movies (again) got me thinking about the TV shows I’ve enjoyed since childhood. So, in no particular order, here are my favourite childhood Christmas TV shows (which you can still find today): A Charlie Brown Christmas Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer The Year Without a…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 holiday movies (+ a bonus)Reposting again – my favourite holiday movies. Although holiday music, movies and television have been running since November, I like to wait till December 1 before diving into my holiday favourites. Here, in no particular order, are my 10 favourite holiday movies (some are set during the holidays and not…
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Continue reading →: Book Blurbs for Fun – Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation ClinicI recently realized how much I’d missed writing these – occupational hazard when I’m now writing about the arts for a living – and saw an opportunity with this latest read. Here’s my book blurb for fun for Charles Hayter, MD’s Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic. Part…
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