Gail BowenJun 121 minPride paradesYesterday was our city's Pride Parade, which took me back more than 30 years to when I marched in our parade's inaugural edition...
Gail BowenMay 141 minMary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?Not that I feel the least bit contrary; nor do I feel the least bit as regal as Mary, Queen of Scots, from whom this nursery rhyme...
Gail BowenApr 61 minWhere does a love of story come from?Not surprisingly, it often comes from those closest to us...
Gail BowenMar 61 minThis week's newsletterMy hopes for a better world for my grandchildren, and for all the children who inhabit it...
Gail BowenFeb 61 minValentine's DayThe day approaches when we more so consider love in all its many forms, and I think of the work of a writer who encapsulates this concept...
Gail BowenJan 291 minMentorsWho are the special people in your life that helped get you from A to B to C, and beyond? I'd like to share with you some of my mentors,...
Gail BowenDec 28, 20211 minQuotes for the New Year2022 fast approaches, and as I replace my calendars – I still use some old-timey ones made from paper – I update a few thoughts to go...
Gail BowenOct 25, 20211 minTricks and treatsThoughts of Halloween past and present, of kids who have grown but remain kids at heart, perhaps including myself as such...
Gail BowenOct 6, 20211 minGobble gobbleCanadian Thanksgiving will soon be upon us (in some form or fashion, depending), and as we hopefully get a chance to collect new and...
Gail BowenSep 5, 20211 minHotels, and how I met Lady Bird JohnsonThe title speaks for itself, even though the dual subjects may seem incongruous on first blush. The full stories follow in this week's...
Gail BowenAug 22, 20211 minBack to school!Fall is in the air, and with it come thoughts of "back to school" for the various generations in our family...
Gail BowenAug 12, 20211 minJoanne Kilbourn Shreve #20 will soon arrive at a bookstore near youWith the arrival of the new book and its tacit approval by our resident shipping inspector (as photographed by our grandson Ben), it's a...
Gail BowenJul 31, 20211 minSummer jobsAs my grandchildren each wrestle in their own ways with how the world has changed their plans for Summer 2021, I think back on a time...
Gail BowenJul 11, 20211 minGosh, it's hotIn our neck of the woods (or prairies), we find ourselves in the midst of another heatwave: I hope you have a way to keep cool before you...
Gail BowenJun 14, 20211 minA Pride-ful newsletterWe are in the middle of Pride Month 2021, and this time of year makes us wax nostalgic for our very first Pride parade... Click below to...
Gail BowenJun 6, 20211 minThe first newsletter of JuneWe're wildly racing through springtime; it's hard to believe summer will soon be upon us. Here's a sample of what's been going on with...
Gail BowenMay 19, 20211 minAnother installment of the not-so-weekly newsletter!To quote a certain temperamental cartoon Martian: "Delays, delays...." Click below to download!