blogging

Last night I enjoyed the sight of the moon rising over the lake. In my tent, I read a book by lantern (battery powered) while the coyotes and loons howled and hooted outside. This morning I watched squirrels running and dragonflies flitting - and now I've lined up wireless access at my campsite!

This is what I see from the backyard of our friends' home in Nanoose Bay, where I am staying for one night before a few nights of camping nearby.

Privacy. Safety. What to share? Six moms who blog answered these and other questions today at Northern Voice in Vancouver. For example: should parents put photos of their kids online? Can parents give this consent on their kids’ behalf? How will these photos affect their kids’ lives in the future? “As a parent you...

It’s been a great day of stories and ideas at Northern Voice 2010 in Vancouver – and I’m looking forward to more tomorrow. The hour is late, so I will share one story that really sticks with me. It’s the story of blogger Kimli Welsh – creator of Delicious Juice Dot Com – and...

I’ve had some nice exchanges with photographers after I ask permission to use their photos on my blog. For example, today I was in touch with a photographer who took photos of construction workers in Thailand. (And it’s not the person in the photo I used in this post.) I contacted him via Flickr...

The metal shelves rattle a bit when I type at my top speed, so I’ll have to see about that. And I need to locate the power cable for my printer because I want to print something. Adjusting to a new desk is definitely a process, especially for us sensitive writer types who will...

Today I got a new desk at Ikea – and this very blog post is the first thing I’ve written at my new desk. It’s a white Fredrik work station from Ikea. I haven’t even decided what to put on the shelves, and there is room for my desk top and lap top. As...

Someone has been sleeping on this old futon in the bushes beside a path near my house. Vancouver’s Frances Bula reported in the Globe and Mail today that 400 people were sleeping outside in Vancouver, with another 1,400 in homeless shelters. This is the lowest number of people sleeping on the streets since 2002...

My precious baby brother Bob has started writing a blog called THINGS WE KNOW ARE WRONG. I’m having a pretty wacky day – so I’ll leave with this cute picture (if I may be so conceited!) haha

Yesterday I received an invitation from Derek Weiss, senior public relations specialist for Union Gospel Mission. UGM is a Christian charity well-known in Vancouver for providing community meals, clothing, emergency shelter, faith-based services, and drug and alcohol recovery programs. Here’s Derek’s invite: Join Vancouver bloggers and UGM staff and volunteers as we chill together...