Spring Is On The Way!!!

And a Happy and Lucky St. Paddy’s Day too!

Happy Holidays and a little romance!!

Here is an excerpt (click link) from my midlife romance novel, Third Chapter, Second Chance that I hope you will enjoy (or perhaps for a second time).

Christmas is such a perfect opportunity to remember happy times from long ago, people we are missing now, young dreams and adventures….poignant and bittersweet memories.

We never really forget our first, young loves/romances, do we? It was fun to incorporate some of my own special memories in the dream sequence from this story.

Sigh….and now back to the present…..It will be a quiet holiday for us, here in Alberta but we are both glad to have made the move from BC. Hopefully, lots of snow on the way to really bring the Christmas spirit to life! How I love snow (perhaps strange? but true) but not driving in it every day now really helps with that!

Wishing you and your family a magical Christmas season and much happiness in 2024!

Happy (Almost !) Autumn…

My favorite season is on the way! How I love Autumn.

We are back to crisp, clean air, here in Northern Alberta. A welcome change/relief after the “summer of hell” its been, throughout this country. And sadly, not over yet, in many provinces and territories. The NWT in particular is in a grave situation currently with mass evacuations and devastating widespread fires.

On a much happier note, I hope you will check out my numerous upcoming Autumn Kindle promos, see all the details here.

Happy Reading, Cooking and Autumn!

From Hot and Smokey Alberta….

It has been a challenging few weeks, during our first (early) summer, here in Northern Alberta.

The forest fires continue to rage in all areas of the province. We have been told by many of the long-time locals that this is highly unusual and not the typical start to an Alberta summer. Good to hear, but doesn’t lessen the financial, environmental and mental impact this has had on everyone living here. And definitely not what we had hoped for, when making this move earlier in the winter.

We are not in any immediate danger right now, but the threat is always there. The smoke and being stuck indoors to avoid (some) of the toxic air is the worst part. Hopefully rain is on the way and LOTS of it!

I’m trying to stay busy and to look forward to better days and weather.

In the meantime, hope you enjoy the haiku and photo above. This one always makes me feel just a little bit COOLER!!!

^{Take care, stay safe and Happy Summer!}

PS: To enjoy more of my summer haiku poems and photos, stop by my author’s site.😊

A Welcome Spring Haiku….

Hope your spring is off to a good start!

Here in Northern Alberta, we are having an early thaw (considering that it IS Northern Alberta, not BC). 😏

I actually was hoping for a couple more weeks of winter and more snow days. I just loved arriving here in the early winter to lots of snow. The minus 40 C days, those were just a bit much. But overall, so invigorating. The air quality here is also very good, much better than where we were previously on Vancouver Island. I missed snow, all those years in BC; strange (perhaps) but true.

Stop by my Author’s site to check out more of my spring haiku favs, upcoming promos and recipes too.

Happy Spring, wherever you may be.

Still travelling….

By way of an update from my earlier holiday/moving post below.

We are still “in transit” right now but leaning towards Alberta as being our new home province, at least for now.

We had hoped to spend some time in Mexico before making a firm decision, but with all the upheaval and violence down South, it didn’t seem like the right place to be, even for a visit.

My heart goes out to the people of Mexico. It’s time for that awful cartel situation to end, once and for all. They’ve apparently made big progress in Columbia in that regard; I hope it is Mexico’s turn next.

I will post more when we do get settled. For now, enjoying some new places, people to meet and of course, lots of snow!!! Love it.

Stay warm and Happy February.❤

Holiday Greetings and Leaving BC

Hope you will stop by my other WordPress blog, to read this year’s holiday post and details about our upcoming move.

You can check it out here.

Happy Autumn! My Fav Time of Year

Autumn, my fav time of year is finally on the way, after another VERY dry summer here on Vancouver Island.

The air is cooler at night already (back to deep sleeping!!) and hopefully some much needed rain will finally be on the way soon.

I am adding some new Autumn Kindle book promos at my writing site today too. Click here for all the details.

Happy Autumn, Reading and Cooking Too!