Daily writing prompt
What’s something most people don’t understand?
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  • nope

    How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? No is a word I only learned after I had kids. I’m a pretty easy-going person. When it started to become a situation where compromising myself for others ended up compromising my kids, I started to learn to say no. The…

  • Technology affecting the arts

    How has technology affected your job? Being able to record in my basement is nice. I can make better quality recordings than the biggest studios in the 90s and earlier, just with my laptop. But the downside of modern technology and its impact on the music industry is that everyone and their dog can record…

  • weather

    We’re just heading into my favourite type of weather. The ice is breaking up, the birds are returning, plants are unearthing. It’s an amazing show of growth and colour. The sun is coming back up in the sky instead of always staying at that low horizon, 4 o’clock dimness of winter. Big clouds up in…

  • A memorable teacher

    My grade 5 teacher sat me down after we had our provincial aptitude (IQ) tests done. He explained that I was smart in a way that would make people angry at me. He said, Eve, you’re not math smart, and that’s a smart that people respect. Someone who gets good grades in school is considered…