by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 5, 2015 | Writing |
A washing machine is a great invention, but last Saturday it almost proved to be my nemesis. Our Shout Sister Choir had a concert in Napanee that afternoon. Except for summer gigs, the dress code is black. Given the warm weather of later September, I chose a...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 21, 2015 | Writing |
Of course I had heard of Munro’s Books of Victoria, but I’d never visited the renown book store until last week. Founded in 1963 by Jim Munro, rumour has it that, after reading some of the store’s stock, his first wife, Alice Munro, declared, ”...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 16, 2015 | The Medal, Writing |
Weird expression, eyes closed, mouth open… It seems whenever someone takes pictures of me when I’m doing a presentation, they all have at least one of these features. Thank goodness for digital cameras and ‘delete’ buttons! At least the...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Aug 28, 2015 | The Medal, Writing |
My new bookmark has had a lot of use. Thanks, Mireille Chiasson. The little turtle reminds me of the ones who plod up from the water to lay their eggs in our lawn each June. And the fact that it’s wood reminds me of my novel, The Medal. Seventeen-year-old Kilian...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Jun 20, 2015 | Writing |
Djembes, Ashikos, doumbeks, congas, tars, shekeres… last weekend had them all and more at the drum camp held at Camp Oconto on Eagle Lake, north of Kingston, Ontario. From Thursday afternoon to Sunday’s closing circle, the days and nights were full of...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Jun 1, 2015 | The Medal, Writing |
Orphan Train, a best-selling novel by Christina Baker Kline, features an unlikely friendship between a girl in foster care and 90+ year old Vivian. A community service position helping the widow clean out her attic is meant to keep Molly out of juvie for the theft of...
