Linda Poitevin's Blog, page 55
January 27, 2012
Retrospect: why looking back is necessary
I've been meaning to write this post for quite some time now, given that the inspiration for it came with the recent lunar eclipse, but better late than never, right? (Funny how that phrase is becoming my mantra these days. ) Anyway, here it is: You know how they say one should never look back? [...]
January 24, 2012
Sins of the Son update
So, apart from taking winter pictures and dealing with life transitions (again!) as my daughter finishes up a semester of high school and prepares to move to a new setting, I really have been doing some of that writing-related stuff, too. Honest! To bring you up to speed: I'm currently better than halfway through my re-read [...]
January 19, 2012
Winter photo shoot
So from the number of photos I'm posting on here, you'd think I was a photographer rather than a writer. But Mother Nature is putting on such stunningly beautiful displays…how can I possibly resist? For your viewing pleasure, then, today's efforts: Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Life, photographs, photos, pictures, winter
January 18, 2012
Goal-setting revisited — and revised
The fact that I should have posted this yesterday probably gives you a hint about how well I managed to stick to last week's goals, right? Even with my pared-down expectations, I fell short of what I thought I could achieve. I suppose I could feel disappointed with myself, but the truth is, my 'failure' [...]
January 16, 2012
Winter beauty
I was going to write a commentary on common courtesy today, inspired by a writer friend's blog on assertiveness vs. rudenss, but Mother Nature put on a show with an ice fog over the Ottawa River this morning. It was too pretty to pass by (I even braved a -33C/-27F wind chill for this!), so [...]
January 14, 2012
Sharing winter
Ah, the Canadian winter. Besides the image of the Mountie and our infamous (and exaggerated) inclination towards being polite, our winters may well be what we're most known for. And for good reason, because some of them are downright legendary. Sadly, however, many Canadians tend to take the beauty of the season for granted…or to [...]
January 10, 2012
Setting goals
You may have already heard me say this (multiple times), but I am not the most organized person in the world. It's actually one of the reasons I like deadlines so much: they tend to get me focused and make me super productive. Without a deadline, however, I'm rather like the proverbial ship without a [...]
January 9, 2012
SINS OF THE SON: The Making of a Book Trailer
Well, thanks to my amazing daughter (and her amazing Mac Book computer!), SINS OF THE SON has an official book trailer! My original intention was to put this together myself using Windows Movie Maker, but whoa…that is one convoluted program for a non-techie like myself. After I'd spent about five hours going slowly mad over [...]
January 1, 2012
New Year's Resolutions
Happy New Year, everyone! There was a time when I made the standard resolution on the first of every January. I was younger then, and while I wouldn't necessarily describe myself as more foolish, I was certainly less wise than I am now. Resolutions (other than being something that everyone made) seemed so easy to [...]
December 28, 2011
The Holiday Lull
Happy middle of the holidays, everyone! I love this lull midway between Christmas and New Year's. One celebration done, another to look forward to in just a couple of days. We're pretty much snowed in at the moment — oh, traffic is still moving and everything is open, but it is distinctly more pleasant to [...]
