In My World

Happy publication to Elegy for Opportunity by Natalie Lim and Supergiants by Kyle Flemmer, both released today by the stellar Canadian Press, Wolsak & Wynn. About Elegy for Opportunity: In Elegy for Opportunity, Natalie Lim asks: how do we go on living and loving in a time of overlapping crises? Anchored by elegies for NASA's Opportunity rover and a series of love poems, this collection explores the tension and beauty of a world marked by grief through meditations on Dungeons & Dragons, Taylor Swift's cultural impact, the all-engulfing anxiety of the climate crisis and more. About Supergiants: For millennia humanity has looked upwards and traced stories in the night sky, projecting our human wants and desires outward. In Supergiants, Kyle Flemmer turns his gaze in the other direction. What does our reach for the stars say about us? Working with the technical language of engineering and astrophysics, Flemmer reorients the reader within our galaxy.  Both of these cosmical...

  Whether you know it or not, you have probably seen the art of Ruth Abernethy. Ruth is the sculptor who created the installation of Queen Elizabeth II at Queen's Park, the Glenn Gould sculpture in front of CBC studios, and the Liu Xiaobo piece in Ottawa. Her art, which has been installed coast to coast, has inspired many conversations among many Canadians. (She's also the only non-American to sculpt Abraham Lincoln!) Ruth’s new book   In Form: Life and Legacies in Bronze , was released by FireFly Books on September 21, 2024. We’re honoured to have her join us for this Power Q & A to talk with us about her singular path to international acclaim. Read the interview with Ruth  here .

  Happy Publication Day to RuFF by award-winning author Rod Carley, published by Latitude 46! RuFF is Carley’s highly-anticipated fourth novel. This historical fiction transports us to Elizabethan England, where we witness Shakespeare struggling through a midlife crisis while trying to win a national play competition to secure the King’s business. Hilarious hijinks ensue, with whip-smart dialogue and a captivating tale that touches on salient social issues that persist today, including equality, justice, and censorship.  Humour and incisive wit combine to create a compulsively readable and thought-provoking novel from this Leacock Award long-listed author. We know RuFF will be a favourite book of the year for many.  Praise for Carley: “At times I found myself both laughing and cheering out loud! The dialogue is some of the best I have ever read. The descriptions are transportive. Not only can you see Elizabethan London – you can smell it!” —-Heidi von Palleske You can gra...

I spend a lot of time scrapbooking; a hobby which creates lots of scrap paper.  I have come up with a fun way to use up my scraps and make a little income so I can afford to scrapbook more, creating more scraps, and so on and so on. Paper piecings require planning and can be quite time-consuming so I make several of the same at the same time.  It doesn't seem to take much extra time that way. Paper piecings are individual.  No two ever come out totally the same.  Each piecing has its own personality.  And if you don't like a colour or pattern I've used you can always special order one.  The price doesn't change because I will just make several at the same time.  So please feel free to email me with your special orders. Here is the paper piecing I made today.  Aren't they just adorable?  Would you like one?  Only $3 + $1 for shipping and handling (unless you are local and can pick up). Stuffed Bunnies 5" x 6" $3.00 If you wo...

I've been talking about it. I have posted a couple of links about it. But it is finally here!!!!!! But let me start at the beginning of the story. A few years ago I wrote a book on getting started in a small or home business. I didn't make a lot of money at it but I learned a lot about publishing and writing from this effort. The title of the book was A Fresh Start and the information in it is just as relevant today as it was when first published.  And now for the BIG EXCITING NEWS . . . It's finally ready and available for sale. I started from the research I'd done for A Fresh Start, 95 pages of good solid ideas, and expanded it to almost 400 pages of small business ideas . . . some quite unique, many added to represent our modern multi-media environment, and some are good old time-tested ideas. I'm pretty sure that the perfect home or small business idea for you will be in here. The First Step: An Encyclopedia of Small Business Ideas is available in p...

I asked my buddy Cailyn for this recipe because it is just so awesome. Assini De Peppi 1 tin tomato soup 1 tin consome 1/4 c assini de peppi 12 oz of water Heat together.  Add chopped up cooked bacon if you wish.

2 pkg. (250 g each) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup Kraft Smooth Peanut Butter 2 eggs 1 9 inch prepared graham pie crust 4 Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate squares, chopped 1 tsp oil 1/3 cup unsalted peanuts Preheat oven to 350F. Beat cream cheese, sugar and peanut butter.  Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Pour batter into prepared crust. Bake for 30 minutes or until centre of cake is firm, let cool thoroughly. Melt chocolate and oil over hot water or in microwave on medium power for 1-2 minutes.  Stir until completely smooth.  Pour chocolate over cheesecake; spread evenly.  Sprinkle with chopped peanuts. I found this recipe on the Philadelphia Cream Cheese website.  The filling is FABULOUS!!!  I think I would have put less chocolate on or used a different kind of chocolate because the chocolate topping was hard and difficult to break through.

Lovely Roses paper piecings now available for sale What colour would you like?

Happy publication to Rubble Children by G overnor General Award finalist, Aaron Kreuter, published by University of Alberta Press. Rubble Children is a timely and necessarily explorative read, tackling Jewish belonging, settler colonialism, Zionism and anti-Zionism, love requited and unrequited, and cannabis culture, all drenched in suburban wonder and dread. "What if the worldview you were raised in turns out to be monstrous? In the stories that form Aaron Kreuter examines a Jewish community in flux, caught between its historical fealty to Israel and a growing awakening and resistance to it.  Rubble Children  is a book of great range: at once political, communitarian, empathetic, funny, revolutionary, touching, and hopeful. This is a work that is essential for our moment." Saeed Teebi, author of  Her First Palestinian Engaging, funny, dark, surprising, Rubble Children is a scream of Jewish rage, a smoky exhalation of Jewish joy, a vivid dream of better worlds. Yo...

I think these little planes would be perfect for your Air Show layouts.