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I’m an author who loves to geek out with other authors or wannabe authors on webinars and anywhere else. We have our own book gobbledegeek language, like “go on Goodreads because everybody’s mind is in

I stumbled into a one-on-one coaching session a few weeks ago. I wasn’t familiar with Facebook messenger at that time, and when a big yellow waving hand popped up, I pressed it and within a few messages

A Rainbow Of Blood Vials Yesterday I got some blood taken at the hospital in White Rock. The technician took a quick glance at the inside of my elbow and put her finger on the tiniest vein, then effortlessly

Gary's paintings Gary works in the art gallery beside the Pelican Cafe and his paintings are for sale in the cafe. After I had a scan done at the hospital in White Rock, I stopped at The Pelican Rouge

I have been working on a really exciting project lately. I was among a few people selected to receive an advance copy of an unpublished book to review. It’s a full length non-fiction book manuscript from

Yesterday I went to the dog park because I was too busy to take my dog for his hour long walk earlier. But it’s no loss for him. It is an off-leash park, enclosed with a chain link fence, where he runs

Ever since I have taken up running six weeks ago, my chest is all chopped up like a ginsu recipe. I have blisters, cuts, scrapes, fresh scabs, re-opened scabs and breast burns! I feel fine after I have

I once felt deprived of fine art and cultural experiences when I moved to the burbs, and learned how to seek beauty in fashion, body shapes, food, words, the prism colors in a crystal glass, the dew forming

Cryptocurrency Is the niche ecosystem where the suits have to talk to the track pants to find out what’s going on. Facebook has hired a Blockchain Director of Engineering, and a guy named Olaf comes to

Is it a challenge for you to have enough money for yourself at the end of the month, without donating some to charity? Here's A Solution: Today I was at the pet store buying dog food when the cashier asked

Did anyone else see this but me??? The man is on Steemit! Here is a link to Robert Kiyosaki's Steemit Post: The power of association in life is huge, and is no different on Steemit. Getting in the room

I was sitting outside Starbucks yesterday and an old man came up to pet my dog and tell me a story. He said he was a city boy when he was younger, and went to work on a ranch that had race horses. He said

I sit inside the room at The Fortius Building in Burnaby BC at 8am this sunny day in June, wondering why I am taking The Red Cross Emergency First Aid course on such a beautiful day. I have a contract

No one is always strong, but when you are, it rubs off on others. When you are strong, and speak your mind, other people gain strength to use their voices for good. The point is to work on becoming stronger,

If you have ever wondered if people love their pets more than themselves, a study showed that when people are prescribed medicine, a third of them won’t fill the prescription, another third will forget

If I think too much about my writing, it cuts off my creativity and I don't write as well. But if I follow a routine of writing when I first get up in the morning for an hour or two, before I check my

For those times you feel blah, but not bad enough to go see a doctor, there is a cure in dried leaves and flowers and herbs infused with hot water for 6 minutes, extracting the healing properties from

Yesterday I went to the Honeybee Center to buy some honey. I went to the coffee shop to read my book. I went to the bottle depot to recycle some metal. I went to the farm market to buy some healthy food.

As kids growing up in Canada, we would wander out on summer adventures, savoring the long days, after enduring the short freezing days of winter. We had no idea where we would end up, and all the time

I bought a white board and wrote "write two guest blogs in 2018" on it. And then something magic happened - two weeks later I receive a message from a lady on Linkedin named Toni Bubb, who is