Author. Book lover. Cat person. Napper.
There's nothing I love more than going for a long bike ride on Sundays. In Ottawa, they close down long stretches of road to car traffic for us two wheelers. After a long week at my writing desk, there's nothing more renewing than getting some fresh air and exercise. It reminds me that time... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be sharing the cover for my upcoming novel, Side by Side, with you at last! The official launch for the book is this fall and will be published by the dynamic and boundary-pushing Inanna Publications (website link below), who are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. It feels like... Continue Reading →
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! I'm re-posting this recipe for Irish Soda Bread that I blogged about...gulp...last year? Time is definitely passing too quickly for me these days. I've been meaning to make this again, so this weekend it will likely sneak onto the menu for Sunday dinner. I hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's... Continue Reading →
On the Lonesome Lows: "When it snows, God is telling me: Stay home, stay in bed, stay warm. It snows a lot. Not just outside, but inside my bedroom too. Except inside there are no distinct seasons. It can snow anytime. I am kind of used to it now. Sometimes it's even pretty, when it... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Anita Kushwaha, Author 