by Laurie Ness Gordon | Aug 9, 2016 | Writing |
I retired from my career as an educator in 2003. At the time I kept all my literacy resources, thinking that I would like to volunteer to help people improve their reading skills. That didn’t happen. But guess what? More than a dozen years later, I’m still...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Jun 12, 2016 | Writing |
There was no room in the first session I attended at Drum Camp last Thursday afternoon, so I sat on a bench on the deck and played along, watching the leader through the open window. Two other women joined me. “Hi, I’m Laurie.” I held up my name tag....
by Laurie Ness Gordon | May 9, 2016 | Writing |
Guess who’s learning Arabic? Since our Syrian refugee family arrived in Canada at the end of February, it’s been frustrating to have to communicate through an interpreter, so a few weeks ago, three of us hired an Arabic speaker to teach us. Although...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Apr 15, 2016 | Writing |
I had the pleasure of hearing David Bouchard speak last night at the Limestone Education Centre in Kingston. David is a highly sought-after Metis raconteur, author and literacy advocate, whom I had met several times in my role as an educator. I came across this event...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Nov 4, 2015 | Writing |
November is National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. If you want to sign up, there’s a whole organization to help writers achieve this goal, including tips, word-count tracking, pep talks, forums etc. It’s...
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...
