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Often when I tell people I am gay, they are a bit taken-aback. I suppose they are most surprised because I don’t really subscribe to a lot of the stereotypes associated with “lesbians” ( or gay women, a happier way of identifying my sexuality). Not that I feel like it’s important to subscribe to any of...
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You can stare at kittens playing together for hours. Doorways fascinate them. Moths terrify them. They hunt balled paper and ribbons. Any sort of jingling or loose thread is worth attacking, you know, just to see. In the morning the kitty hunger clock has them tearing into our bedroom, throwing things off your shelves and...
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Sofia came to us with the sniffles. She’d just had her vaccinations for all ill things cat related. And our Foster lady with Save-the-Dog-Scheme said she might have the sneezes for the next couple of days. A few days went by and our little furball took a turn for the worse. Her little kitten eyes...
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budgeting to have kittens in your home
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After I completed Nanowrimo in November 2009, my plan to add the extra 30 000 words and to edit my novel was dependent on getting up early. I thought with the last few months of sunshine sunning itself at 6 am, I’d wake up and hit my goal of  6500 words/week hard. I quit my job...
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This was the day (insert photos) we actually signed the contract. After our second EVA Blogging Day, we spent time individually marketing and writing more content. Well, some of us had to write more content. The Bush Chick was trucking a long with content about growing Indigenous plants in Australia. But some of us decided to...
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Writing a novel: feeling the fear and doing it anyway
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When my partner and I let our friends and family know we would be fostering kittens, they were naturally worried about us. Afraid for our hearts, they feared we would become too attached and fostering would turn to adoption (which might mean we don’t want to move back to Canada). In a way, I guess we...
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EVA Day 2 has happened! In the meantime I’ve re-established EVA (and a slew of other controversial topics) on this new blog site: Trailblazing Life. If you don’t know EVA, I’ll give you a chance to catch up by reading, “We Quit Our Jobs! Can we make money online?” and “The first steps to...
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The trials and tribulations of trying to write my first novel
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