Category Archives: Writing

Yearend review: just who the heck reads blog posts anyway, and what do they really like?!

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Jane Fritz

Here we are in that strangest of weeks, when even the news slows down … well sort of. COVID doesn’t seem to know about the traditional slowdown between Christmas and New Year’s, but we’ll ignore that for the moment. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends, Writing | Tagged blog stats, blogging, blogosphere, maps, top 10 posts of 2021 | 20 Comments

So many ways to spread the joy of reading

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Jane Fritz

Yesterday a fellow blogger introduced her readers to I Read Canadian Day. Thanks, Debra. I was a bit taken aback that I hadn’t heard of this special day before, but in looking it up I see that this is only … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds and Ends, Writing | Tagged authors, books, Canadian authors, Canadian bestsellers, CanLit, Cynthia Reyes, I Read Canadian Day, kids' lit, National Reading Month, reading, World Book Day | 24 Comments

Playing 20 questions … or just 11

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Jane Fritz

Last week I was surprised and pleased to be nominated for a blogging award by a fellow blogger, Joyce Hopewell, in the UK. I very much enjoy her blog posts at Eyes in the Back of my Head, in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Just wondering, Writing | Tagged positivity, questions and answers, Sunshine Blogger Award | 30 Comments

Pity the Nation: the handwriting was on the wall

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Jane Fritz

In 1933, writer Kahlil Gibran’s poem “Pity the Nation” was published posthumously in the book The Garden of the Prophet. In 1933. This poem has inspired several important writers over the years, including American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In 2006 Ferlinghetti … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Writing | Tagged bigotry, bullying, compassion, Ferlinghetti, freedom, hate, inequality, Kahlil Gibran, kindness, Nation of Sheep, poetry, post-truth, totalitarianism | 21 Comments

BETO O’ROURKE

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Jane Fritz

The world needs more, many more, politicians who encourage the better side of human nature. The kind, compassionate, caring side as opposed to the greedy, self-serving, cynical side. And Lilie’s poem at Tea and Toast with Kindness expresses our thirst … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged Beto O’Rourke, compassion, kindness, poetry, world peace | 2 Comments

The Case of the Missing Toys, and conundrums in writing for children

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Jane Fritz

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to write a new children’s story, maybe even a series. I’ve had an idea for a new story line in mind for some time; it includes at least two children who are recent immigrants … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's stories, Kids Only Detective Agency, Writing | Tagged accessible literature, children, Creativity, cultural appropriation, drawing, family, immigrant children, KidsOnly Detective Agency, Mysteries, raising children, Writing for children | 11 Comments

Running, blogging, and the spirit of recognition

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Jane Fritz

Running is notorious for embracing everyone, regardless of shape, size, colour, or age. OK, maybe not the really competitive runners, but I’m talking about that vast army of recreational runners who get off on seeing how well they can perform … Continue reading →