Category: Writing

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the many faces of volunteerism

This week’s post celebrates the spirit of volunteerism. Volunteers are saluted annually during National Volunteer Week (this year April 18-24, 2021) and Volunteer Recognition and Appreciation Day which is celebrated annually on April 20th. International Volunteers...

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another accolade for Chocolatour

Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate, volume I, has been declared a Finalist in the 2014 Awards sponsored by the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA.) The 2014 NATJA Awards for excellence...

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setting goals for 2015

  Right now, I’m sitting at Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa in Osoyoos, BC, enjoying 4 weeks of rest and rejuvenation. I learned long ago to listen to my body, and it’s been telling me...

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Can you write a book?

I was surprised when I heard Shelagh Rogers, the host of CBC’s “The Next Chapter” literary program, tell an author she was interviewing that she “could never write a book.” A person who spends...