Just before we left on a holiday to Newfoundland, a routine mammogram led to more tests and a large question mark. Did I or didn’t I have breast cancer?
About Me
I'm a writer, speaker, reader, teacher, pioneer, and visionary.
My Blog
I have a lot of interests and my blogs are kind of random.
My Books
I write, edit, and publish books and stories in a variety of genres.
"We all matter or none of us do."
- Patrick Skinner
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"No person* is an island entire of itself: every person is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... Any person's death diminishes me, because I am involved in humankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for you.*" (*"man" ^"thee")
- John Donne
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At one time, N. J. Lindquist wanted nothing more than to be a newspaper "life" columnist. Here are 21 columns she wrote for the Markham Economist & Sun.
Two coming-of-age Christian short stories. The first features an inner city student who questions his life after meeting a new, very unusual student.
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"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
- Madeleine L'Engle
My Latest Posts
February 19, 2022
My brain hasn’t been up to writing, so over the last few months I’ve used the energy I had to buy or design new covers for all my books.
...April 29, 2021
I’d had one injection of zoledronic acid and was due for another. But while I was at the hospital to see my oncologist before having the injection, my heart took centre stage and I was off to Emergency.
...January 7, 2021
Over the past two years, I’ve read a lot of books. I felt the need to share some of the nonfiction books I thought most worth reading.
...July 20, 2020
I know know why they talk about the problems some parents have to get their adult kids to leave the “nest.” Getting baby birds out of their nest is a lot of work!
...July 9, 2020
My grandfathers died before I was born, Granny Shaw was quite elderly, and I rarely saw Granny MacDonald, but I had Aunt Margaret and Uncle Albert.
...July 1, 2020
Even though Jennie Shaw, my dad’s mother, was 80 when I was six, she still managed to be a powerful influence on my life.
...June 10, 2020
Because my grandmother turned 80, I got to know dad’s family better, and learned I had a cousin my age.
...June 8, 2020
We survived having a nest of robins’ above our front door that spring, but we didn’t expect them to return in July!
...June 7, 2020
Instead of being color blind, let’s choose to love all skin colors and to encourage everyone to become the best person they can be.
...June 3, 2020
When I was 6 1/2, my life started to change: a new church group, a new cousin, starting school, and a book that helped make me who I am.
...May 27, 2020
When I think back to who I was at six, I have to say that I was probably very much like I am today.
...May 13, 2020
I’ve heard that a child’s personality is formed by age 6, so I find it surprising that I have only a few memories & a handful of pictures from my 5th year.
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