The Queen Has Arrived! You’ll find her hanging out at the bookstore… My debut novel Queen Of The Godforsaken (Thistledown Press) is now available at local and Online bookstores! If your local bookstore doesn’t have a copy, ask them to … Read More
Queen Of The Godforsaken Is Ready To Launch This Thursday! Excited to announce that this Thursday, October 1, 2015 is the official launch date of my debut novel! This will be my last quote from the novel, leading up to … Read More
Queen Of The Godforsaken Quotes As my debut novel is about to be launched on October 1, I will share a few quotes I’ve been posting on social media to give my readers a taste of the novel:
Queen Of The Godforsaken Book Launch The official launch of my debut YA novel is coming up soon! I am busy finalizing all the little details of the launch party and the tour. I’ll be visiting a few book … Read More
Waterfalls And Rain Forests: Hiking The Shuswap This past Labour day weekend, I returned to the forests of my youth. I’m addicted to BC’s rain forests (most likely) because I grew up in them. When I was 1 month old, my … Read More
The MET, NYC: Visiting the MET is like a trip around the world, in a time machine. Above is a replica of the 1718 principal bedroom in the Palazzo Sagredo (the furniture is the original), Venice, Italy. My trip to … Read More
#QOTGF Book Launch Coming Soon! The official launch of my debut Young Adult novel Queen of the Godforsaken is fast approaching. I’ll be sharing a few quotes form the novel for the next few weeks leading up the launch—just to … Read More
Gelato With Lana Parrilla The universe conspired to bring my daughter’s favourite actress to our town. Sometimes childhood is magical and dreams do come true. If you follow this blog, you’ll know that my daughters and I are big fans … Read More
The MoMA and The Plaza, NYC The Plaza Hotel My daughter Mistaya and I saved a trip to The MoMA Museum of Modern Art until we’d moved over to the second hotel of our Manhattan adventures, The Plaza. The Plaza … Read More
Central Park and The Natural History Museum, NYC I will share another post about my daughter Mistaya’s and my trip to NYC for her 18th Birthday present (last week). We were so busy in NYC that I had no time … Read More
I took my eldest daughter, Mistaya, to NYC for her 18th birthday. We were only there for a week so we spent our time in Manhattan for our first visit. We plan on returning to see much more of NYC … Read More
My youngest daughter Pippi has been begging me to allow her to try paddle boarding for the past few years. Finally, I deemed her a strong enough swimmer to allow her to try a real paddle boarding lesson, on Okanagan … Read More
Hiking In Earth’s Only Inland Temperate Rainforest Columbia Mountains, Revelstoke, British Columbia The Inland Temperate Rainforest exists in Southern British Columbia, in the Columbia Mountains which are nestled between the Rocky Mountains to the East and the Monashee Mountains to the … Read More
The Three Top Tools TooIs To Navigate Any Situation Successfully: Calm Mind , Focused Mind, Alert Mind In any life situation, especially in times of danger, the best survival tool a human being has is a strong mind. Like … Read More
Othello Tunnels, Coquihalla Canyon, BC: Biking the KVR I spent this year’s birthday on a bike trip with my family (my eldest daughter Mist, couldn’t come as she had to work. Though, she celebrated with us in the evening at … Read More