Wordsmith

Wordsmith
Location
Canada
Birthday
September 26
Bio
Mother, daughter, writer, friend. Seen more than a bit of the world, but keep returning to the place I feel most at home. Have owned restaurants, documented software, joined a circus. Whatever I post here will probably fit into that fairly wide framework.

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Food for Thought...
May 29, 2012 09:35PM
“Thank you! Glad you liked what you saw...it's been a slow progression, but I like where it's going. (Expect that when I import my blog, for some reason…”
About: PHOTOS: Along the Lachine Canal
May 24, 2012 05:04PM
“Coming back to this a litle late, but I wanted to share a bit of info from a friend of mine, an immunologist who contributed to the development of the…”
About: Ms. Bachmann & Cancer Win: More Women Avoiding HPV Vaccine
May 11, 2012 10:23AM
“:-) This is such a wonderful cross-section of perspectives. Thank you.”
About: In the nuptial
May 09, 2012 12:30PM
“One of my best "Proud Mom" moments this month came during my 10-year-old son's annual check-up. He had asked me on several occasions why only…”
About: Ms. Bachmann & Cancer Win: More Women Avoiding HPV Vaccine
May 09, 2012 10:28AM
“Thank you, Candace! These are automatically fed over from my Tumblr account, so the initial posts are pretty low-frills. I've gone back and updated bot…”
About: PHOTO: Montreal's Old Port at Night in Black & White
April 11, 2012 12:36PM
“Your writing (yes, it's been a while, but some of us still remember) spoke of your complex but loving relationship with your father. It's wonderful to…”
About: My Hero - A Portrait of My Father
March 25, 2012 06:30AM
“Algis, it is indeed in Montreal, up next to the old Miron quarry.”
About: Photo: Cirque du Soleil Int'l Headquarters at twilight.
March 22, 2012 09:23PM
“I love your tags maybe even more than the painting, and I do like the painting a great deal. Having spent hours photographing the cathedral in Cologne…”
About: CATHEDRAL - A Painting
March 19, 2012 05:16PM
“If, while playing w my son, I choose to pass those off as tall grasses, then for the purposes at hand, they are indeed tall grasses. :-)”
About: Photo: Hiding in the tall grasses…
March 15, 2012 04:50PM
“I would want to name your goldfish Jackson. I very much like the way you have used the spatters and specks to give scale-like texture to Jackson and hi…”
About: GOLDFISH - A Painting
March 13, 2012 04:53PM
“Ah well. Apparently I still haven't quite mastered the html for "leave a little space between them" but at least they're looking a little mor…”
About: Photos: Reflections of Barcelona. February 17-27, 2012. 
March 12, 2012 12:40PM
“It's an amazing thing that at first glance might seem old-school, but in fact involves an incredible amount of engineering, technology and rigour (not…”
About: Photo: Cirque du Soleil. Barcelona. February 2012.
March 11, 2012 04:16PM
“The jamming together isn't intentional, but rather the way Open Salon importrs photsets from my blog's RSS feed. I haven't been motivated/patient enoug…”
About: Photos: Reflections of Barcelona. February 17-27, 2012. 
March 09, 2012 12:34PM
“Looks great on screen, but must look even more impressive full-sized... Does your contdown to 52 mean you're heading into hiatus afterwards? Or do you…”
About: BALZARY - The Incredible FLEA - A Painting
March 08, 2012 10:34PM
“Thank you, Pilgrim...”
About: Photo: Break on through…
March 08, 2012 10:34PM
“Thank you, Pilgrim...”
About: Photo: Break on through…
March 05, 2012 05:20PM
“It was a fabulous trio full of fantastic architecture covering everything from 12th century carhedrals to 21st century glass fantasy towers and anchore…”
About: Photo: Parque Guell. Barcelona.
March 01, 2012 10:28AM
“I must admit this is one of my more satisfactory results. There is still a certain hit-or-miss factor, and I'm still trying to work out what the optima…”
About: iPad Photography: 1626 Sherbrooke St., Mtl. Photo taken w...
February 29, 2012 04:35PM
“I did indeed read your whole piece, and made my comment because I did feel it put a very strong emphasis on the female component of the condition. I th…”
About: Barefaced and Beside the Point: Appearance Anxiety in Eating Disorders
February 29, 2012 04:11PM
“I agree with a great deal of what you have to say here, but unfortunately you also perpetuate another myth about eating disorders. This is NOT a femini…”
About: Barefaced and Beside the Point: Appearance Anxiety in Eating Disorders
February 29, 2012 02:49PM
“I must admit the sequence of your tags—...cheese steaks, liver transplant...—is jarring (and I suspect entirely deliberate!). You sound happ…”
About: Our Adopted City - Philadelphia - Urban Landscape Painting
February 20, 2012 06:40PM
“Both of these have been tweaked from the original. I was quite pleed with the first one (the light one) and then went back to it with a very different…”
About: One photo. Two interpretations.
February 14, 2012 10:42AM
“In May my heart was breaking- Oh, wide the wound, and deep! And bitter it beat at waking, And sore it split in sleep. And when it came November, I sought…”
About: My Funny Valentine
February 12, 2012 03:12PM
“Thank you, Algis. Did you guess what Montreal landmark it was before I added the tags? ;-)”
About: The Dream Factory.
February 09, 2012 07:52PM
“Come fly away, come fly away...”
About: to Tiffany, Earthbound
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