Author Archives: Susan

Happy Reading

Yay, it’s that time of year again. I’m joining Cathy’s Books of Summer challenge in which I hope to draw from the list of 15 novels below to read over the next three months from June 15 to Sept. 15 … Continue reading →

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June Preview

Hi all. Wow we’ve made it to June. We’re part way through the year now. Happy summer for those in this hemisphere. We had a dry, windy, and hotter than usual May so we are still looking for some rain … Continue reading →

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Socked In

Hi All. I hope everyone is well. Here we need to stay indoors this afternoon as the air quality is hazardous from all the wildfire smoke coming to us from north in the province. The trouble is the southern wind … Continue reading →

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May Preview

Happy May. As usual lately I’m behind in putting up my start-of-the-month post, but it’s been busy. Much to do this spring. And already May has started off with dryer and hotter conditions than normal and the threat of wildfires … Continue reading →

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Blooms and Silver Alerts

Hi. We had a nice visit in California and are now back home. There was a trace or so of snow last night and that’s how I know we’re back in the North, ha. But the days have been warm … Continue reading →

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Spring Break

Hi all. I am away this week visiting with my parents in my hometown in lovely Southern California, so I’m taking a short blogging break. I plan to be back next week to talk about all things books and to … Continue reading →

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April Preview

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. It’s been windy and warmer here and most of the snow has melted away. We went for our first bike ride of the season despite my having remnants of last week’s head cold, … Continue reading →

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This Bird Has Flown

Hi. How is everyone doing? Happy April. This past week I was busy officiating a national U12 tennis tournament with a team of refs. We had as many as 300 matches in three days so it was long days but … Continue reading →

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Flying Into Spring

Hi. How is everyone doing? March is going by quickly. It’s officially spring now, Yay! Over the weekend we went to a large restored wetland area called Frank Lake, which is a protected habitat in southwestern Alberta to hundreds of … Continue reading →

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March Preview

Hi everyone. How’s it going? Are you dealing with the time change all right? It’s been a bit disorienting, but hopefully things will fall into place after awhile. And it will stay light later, which is nice. Spring is coming! … Continue reading →

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