Friends Are the Greatest!

By | April 6, 2012

From time to time over the years I’ve been lucky enough to share a flat or house with friends, or to have friends help me out while in between homes.  This is typical while studying, and in our 20′s, yet … Continue reading →

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I am a Citizen of Planet Earth

By | April 5, 2012

Before I went to bed, I started a post about living in Europe, then woke up in the morning and started writing this in my head, so grabbed the laptop and… I am a citizen of Planet Earth.  I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Delaware, Dragon’s Dens and Dumps!

By | April 4, 2012

Delaware I’ve never actually lived in Delaware.  When I was 16 I ran away with my American boyfriend for a summer holiday, and he took me Dover.  I don’t remember much other than it being really flat with endless sandy … Continue re…

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Delaware, Dragon’s Dens and Dumps!

By | April 4, 2012

Delaware I’ve never actually lived in Delaware.  When I was 16 I ran away with my American boyfriend for a summer holiday, and he took me Dover.  I don’t remember much other than it being really flat with endless sandy … Continue re…

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And then one day, I got in

By | April 3, 2012

I’d heard about Clarion, about the boot camp for writers that takes place each Summer in San Diego. I’d read about some of my favourite authors like Neil Gaiman and John Scalzi teaching there. I had literally dreamed about getting in. (That particular dream was a gruelling interview, followed by Wipeout assault course which  I [...]

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Canadian and Proud of It!

By | April 3, 2012

Although I was born in England and am a British citizen, I’m also a naturalized Canadian with Canadian citizenship. We went to Canada when I was 4 months old and other than a year in England when I was 6, … Continue reading →

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Brighton: Wind and Waves in Little London by the Sea

By | April 2, 2012

There’s no doubt the seafront is Brighton’s greatest asset.  In the 2 and a 1/2 years I’ve lived here, I’ve been fortunate enough to always live within a few minutes walk, and really enjoy it.  It’s inspired some surpris…

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In Demand

By | April 1, 2012

I say this mostly to my blog, for it is still an integral pack of who I am, even though I have successfully ignored it for the last month. I am sorry, little one.  The things I have been filling my time with, however, have been for what I like to refer – ‘The Greater Good’. [...]

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Life in Alberta: the Great Outdoors and Cowboys!

By | April 1, 2012

I lived in Red Deer, Alberta for 2 years in my early 20′s.  I liked Alberta.  Yes, it was cold in the winter, but we also had chinooks – warm winds that raised the frigid -20C temperatures to a positively … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge: Places I’ve Lived

By | March 31, 2012

I must be nuts, I’m doing it again!  And I’m moving again.  In the middle of the challenge.  It makes me think I should blog about moving.  I could also blog my poems.  As I write this I’m really not … Continue reading →

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