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WFNB AGM Weekend – Saturday Morning The alarm sang at 6:30am. I turned it off, sprang out of bed and raised the blind to look outside. What a beautiful morning! This would NEVER happen at home. The snooze button is my best friend, but I couldn’t risk missing anything. And...
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WFNB AGM Weekend – Friday Something very magical happens when you gather a group of artistic minds together for an event or conference. It’s just so intense — you never know what might happen. What a fantastic weekend I had at the Writers’ Federation Annual General Meeting! So much fun!...
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It's that dreaded time of year again . . . No, I'm not talking about the rain . . . Or the fog . . . Or all the mud being tracked through the house . . . I'm talking about rummage. Yes, I've just got the word to clean...
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A new issue of Bread 'n Molasses hit the net today with lots of interesting news and helpful tidbits. I've been trying to keep the issues small and manageable but it's nearly impossible with all the great stuff people send me. We've come a long way in the past year....
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I was just updating our Currently Reading list and noticed the book I'm reading, Crow Lake, is a selection from the Today Show Book Club. That's a coincidence that's been happening an awful lot, it seems. I don't watch the Today Show, don't follow any of those TV show book...
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Miramichi and most of New Brunswick woke up to a beautiful winter scene this morning. Throughout the day it snowed, rained, hailed, and now I see some big fluffy flakes falling again! Apparently we used to get big storms in April all the time...and here I was all ready for...
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Slower than cold molasses.... I just heard from a very pleased Bread 'n Molasses reader who received her free Crosby's Molasses cookbook today. She ordered it online last week and it arrived in the mail today (boy that was quick)! It is apparently quite nice, with colour pictures, over 80...
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Snow & Baby Lions Can you believe it is April 6th and it's snowing....again?! What is up with this strange weather? My Hyacinthe plants don't know if they're coming or going. They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb...but we haven't seen any lambs yet!...
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Giv'er, you're on the River! It's a great day in Miramichi! The sun is shining, the air is fresh & crisp with Spring Fever...and Wally has new teeth!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Five members of the Mighty Miramichi crew have had or will have a birthday recently so we had a little party on Friday afternoon. Unfortunately due to car problems & unavailable babysitters not everyone could attend but here are 3 of the birthday celebrators with their presents. How...
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And now, more exciting news!! Also, something else I've been busy preparing for that has taken some of my time away from blogging. I belong to the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB). Every April the WFNB holds its Annual General Meeting, a weekend filled with workshops and readings and...
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The same day Stacy got to hang out with the Scottish folk at Flo's Hide-A-Way, I got to go to City Hall and see what was happening with Beaubears Island. Miramichiers turned out in full force to hear the announcement of ACOA's $80,480 investment into a visitor kiosk and replica...
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So, another reason why I've been so busy and neglecting my blogging duties is because ACOA came by the other week and dropped off some cash. YAY!! We love that!! But no, I haven't been out on a shopping spree -- the money was for bigger and better things than...
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