We grapple with love a lot, don't we? What is it? How do you know when you've found it? How do you keep it? How do you communicate it? In a song? A look? A story? A cake? A friend of mine recently told me about love languages. The concept is based on a book... Continue Reading →
Baking Through the Block #writing #creativity
I don't really believe in writer's block but every once in a while I find myself out of the flow and it takes a lot of effort to get typing again. Why does it happen? Who knows...fatigue, preoccupation, fear, life. This time it was a pause that followed a week of energetic writing, at the... Continue Reading →
Oh She Glows Every Day Recipe Review: High Rise Pumpkin Cupcakes and Spiced Buttercream #baking #writing
I know what you're thinking: "Anita, that isn't a picture of cupcakes. You do know what cupcakes are, don't you?" Allow me to explain... I baked this cake for my lovely sister's birthday which we celebrated a couple of weekends ago. The recipe hails from my latest culinary obsession, Oh She Glows Every Day, the newest cook... Continue Reading →
Where’d You Go, Anita? #writing
Hi there! Wowzers, this is embarrassing... So, I took a blog hiatus that was suppose to last for the summer. I was crown-deep in revisions and far down the creative well and just plain busy. (Who isn't? I know.) Well, summer very quickly slipped into fall and fall into winter and now it's 2017?!!! It... Continue Reading →
Updated: Reading on June 9th #Canlit
Hi again! Time to update this post. :-) The reading was last night and it was a lot of fun. It was a pleasure to meet Ann, and a thrill to finally read with my friend Sonia. We read, we had a good Q&A...there was even a little belly dancing! (Yours truly tapped out... Continue Reading →
OMG, They’re Gluten-free! Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies #May24 #VictoriaDay #longweekend
Happy May 2-4, everybody! Canadians get pretty excited about this long weekend, which technically is to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday, but that most of us see as the kick-off to summer - patio, outdoor concerts, beaches, camping, barbecues, cottaging! (I could go on, ha ha.) It's as if all of our pent-up cabin fever gets... Continue Reading →
I-love-my-mom White Chocolate Blueberry Scones #HappyMothersDay #SundayBlogShare #baking
Happy Mother's Day! Sorry for being a little AWOL, blog friends, I'm not sure where the days have been going lately. I pinch myself whenever I see the calendar on my phone and think, "May? Really?!" I suppose I've been busy with writing and life, but welcome to adulthood, right? ;-) Never too busy, though,... Continue Reading →
Save the Date! Authors for Indies #SundayBlogShare #CanLit #writing
Hello lovely blog folk! Did you know that Saturday April 30th is Authors for Indies Day?!! Don't know what Authors for Indies Day is? Well, I can't put it better than this: "On Authors for Indies Day, Canadian authors show our appreciation for independent bookstores (indies) by volunteering as guest booksellers [...] We'll be chatting... Continue Reading →
A Brief London Recap #writing #writerslife #wanderlust
Hi everybody, I'm back! :-) Wow, what a whirlwind. A week definitely flies by quickly but I still managed to fit in quite a bit of fun and cross off some of the things on my to-do/to-see list. Not everything though, so we'll have to leave the rest for next time. I'm not the best... Continue Reading →
All-in-One 3-Day Quote Challenge #writing
Thanks so much to my friend Lynne from Lynne's Recipe Trails https://lynnesrecipetrails.com for nominating me for this quote challenge. Lynne's blog is full of tasty inspiration, and she's a lovely person, so I hope you have a chance to visit with her for a while. :-) I'm a bit of a quote nerd, actually. I... Continue Reading →