I like the slow build-up of warmth, he said, the creeping anticipation of the lengthening days and strengthening sun and—
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10 Tips for Surviving NaNoWriMo
How can you get over the hump, out of the blahs, and onwards toward the finish line? Here are 10 tips to help you survive NaNoWriMo.
Apple Fritter Muffins
Oh, the apple fritter. It’s a quintessential Canadian treat. Those pillowy hunks of fried dough, spiced with cinnamon and dotted with soft bites of apple, dipped in a honey glaze that crackles into flakes of sugar that melt instantly on the tongue.
Give Me a Hammock in the Woods
Give me a hammock in the woods
A book or two
And let me pretend the world has stopped for now
When the Singing’s Done
Through the boredom in the quiet
He’d start to softly sing.
What’s Important to You?
It’s about priorities. Make a conscious decision to spend your time on what is important to you.
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Like vocabulary crack for a linguistic junkie, I defy you to read this book and not learn a new word or several, not to mention the delicious challenge of trying to best Nollop’s own pangram along with the cast of characters.
Still I Stood
Squeaks and screeches and haunting calls of “who-hoo-oooo” spoke amongst themselves in the language of the night, exclusive food chain negotiations I had no desire to be party to.
Perfect Buttery Shortbread
You enjoy your shortbread any way you like, ’cause life’s too short to make rules about cookies.
Millicent’s Lebkuchen
Perhaps knowing that someone you love has made them makes a cookie taste better than one you made yourself.
Aly Writes 