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Author of the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve Mysteries
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Gail Bowen
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
August Days
Did the summers always seem to fly by so quickly? Or is it because of the details we sift through when remembering them?
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Gail Bowen
- Jul 10, 2022
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One step after another...
The manuscript for the new book is finished! But where, you may ask, does it go from here?
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Gail Bowen
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
Pride parades
Yesterday was our city's Pride Parade, which took me back more than 30 years to when I marched in our parade's inaugural edition...
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Gail Bowen
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
Mary, 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...
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Gail Bowen
- Apr 6, 2022
- 1 min
Where does a love of story come from?
Not surprisingly, it often comes from those closest to us...
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Gail Bowen
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
This week's newsletter
My hopes for a better world for my grandchildren, and for all the children who inhabit it...
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Gail Bowen
- Feb 5, 2022
- 1 min
Valentine's Day
The 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...
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Gail Bowen
- Jan 28, 2022
- 1 min
Mentors
Who 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,...
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Gail Bowen
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
Quotes for the New Year
2022 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...
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Gail Bowen
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Ye olde Christmas newsletter
From our family to yours...
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Gail Bowen
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Remembrance Day
Some recollections on growing up during a time of war...
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Gail Bowen
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Tricks and treats
Thoughts of Halloween past and present, of kids who have grown but remain kids at heart, perhaps including myself as such...
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Gail Bowen
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Gobble gobble
Canadian Thanksgiving will soon be upon us (in some form or fashion, depending), and as we hopefully get a chance to collect new and...
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Gail Bowen
- Sep 5, 2021
- 1 min
Hotels, and how I met Lady Bird Johnson
The title speaks for itself, even though the dual subjects may seem incongruous on first blush. The full stories follow in this week's...
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Gail Bowen
- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
Back to school!
Fall is in the air, and with it come thoughts of "back to school" for the various generations in our family...
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Gail Bowen
- Aug 12, 2021
- 1 min
Joanne Kilbourn Shreve #20 will soon arrive at a bookstore near you
With the arrival of the new book and its tacit approval by our resident shipping inspector (as photographed by our grandson Ben), it's a...
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Gail Bowen
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Summer jobs
As 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...
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Gail Bowen
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
Gosh, it's hot
In 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...
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Sep 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
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McNally Robinson,
3130 8 St E, Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2, Canada
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