I haven’t been to a political rally before. I went to the NDP rally just to see what they were like, and because I had met Liz Hanson. Meeting a candidate makes a difference. Perhaps you, candidate, wonder what all that door knocking is for—or you, a citizen, are annoyed by all the door knocking [...]
Archive for the ‘Canada’ Tag
Have You Met Liz? —the Importance of Meeting Your Candidates Leave a comment
My Year of Canadian Reading: what stories are you made of? 6 comments
Solidarity in Purple: Supporting Gay Teens After Spirit Day 2 comments
When Both the US and Canadian National Anthems Mean a Lot, You Sing Them Both With Your Hand On Your Heart 2 comments
I’m really proud to have been asked to sing the national anthems of the US and Canada at the Yukon Quest Banquet held in Whitehorse, this past February, 2010. As an immigrant to Canada, it meant the world to sing both anthems–they have a special meaning for me. It was a race from the [...]
Tesseracts 14 Submitters: Not to Worry Leave a comment
Eager to hear any news about Tesseracts 14? New Update: The Table of Contents has been finalized and will, I hear, be revealed soon. Brett and John are sending out emails right now. That will take some time as I’m sure there were lots of submitters for this anthology. But everyone should know everything [...]
Deadline Nov 30 for Tesseracts 14: Canadian Sci-fi and Fantasy Stories 3 comments
A reminder to all those thinking about submitting your short fiction (limit 7500 words) to Tesseracts 14, the latest in the series of anthologies featuring Canadian science fiction and fantasy. It doesn’t have to be about Canada, or about the north. Basically they are anthologies of Canadian writing. (Okay, and a few stray Americans or [...]
Jon Stewart on Canadian Politics Leave a comment
Jon Stewart sees beautiful PLOT up here in Canada –Yes, kids, Canadian Politics can be unpredictable! fun! full of intrigue!! I’m learning more about Canada in this political showdown than ever before. And if you watch Stewart, you’ll learn a bit about what his audience knows about Canada. Apparently they don’t understand the whole GG [...]
The State of the States:the Political Landscape (No. 2 in a series) 4 comments
Some surprises for me in Texas concerning the political landscape. You’d think that in Texas, things are pretty bleak for Obama. Or you might think a lot of things about the States when it comes to this presidential race. Two things surprised me. The NAS Ft. Worth military base sells books in the main exchange, [...]
Americans moving to Canada 1 comment
Well, there’s more than just me out there going to Canada. Looks like, according to ABC news there are 10,942 Americans all gone to Canada. If you want, I’d love to collect your stories, find out more about who you are and share that with people. I’m a writer, working on my own immigration memoir, [...]
