I was in Balandra, Trinidad at the Croppers writers retreat. Didn’t do much writing, but I had a hell of a time. Hard to believe a year has passed by so quickly… I have some more photos on my Flickr photostream for your perusal. Maybe I’ll put up some more later. Ah… memories.

I came across an interesting blog post the other day. It’s called The Ants and the Bee. The author, Martin McClellan, shares his personal philosophy about writing and the related exercise of identity. Here’s where the two philosophies of naming yourself come in. One says “You should call yourself what you are and what you [...]

I’m all done now. Finished marking pretty much the last paper. Technically I’m not done because I still have a couple stragglers who sent their work in via email, but that’s only two or three. My save-the-best-for-last strategy worked wonderfully, and those students in the favored pole position did not let me down. It’s so [...]

So I’m supposed to be on the bus now, heading to Fredericton, to see my best buddy Ian and his family, who are spending a year up there while his wife gets her Masters in Education. I really wanted to go and see how he was doing, but as per usual, there were a couple [...]