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Let’s talk. And as the walrus says, about everything and anything as our fancy takes us—style for every day, the art and satisfaction of running a comfortable and welcoming home, the joy and work of entertaining at home, politics from a centre-right perspective…
…and even about what I do for a living: writing & rewriting, editing & proofreading technical documents, website text, promotional materials, novels and memoirs. In short, when getting the words right matters, Editor’s Ink is there to help.
“ ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax―
Of cabbages—and kings―
And why the sea is boiling hot―
And whether pigs have wings.’ ”
The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
Christmas at home
It was magical. The snow really did “lay round about, deep and crisp and even”, transforming our neighbourhood into the perfect setting for the perfect Christmas. The snow began to fall on the 23rd and then fell and fell and fell. It was touch and go whether the...
Picking diamonds from a sea of rhinestones
I love rhinestones in fashion because they add sparkle to a day suit and glamour to an evening on the town. But in fiction, only diamonds will do, with a story that absorbs me during its reading and continues to intrigue long after the reading is done. Intrigue me to...
Fashion for the 70s
Instead of building castles in the air as I’m showering every morning, I’m building the day’s outfit. Through the bank of windows in the bathroom—It’s glorious, with the light streaming in to make you feel like you’re showering in the great outdoors!—I match my...
A party for the Wildrose party
- written with touches of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfI always buy the flowers myself.And what a morning it was—the perfect day in June when the air comes straight across the foothills from the majestic Rockies. When I was doorknocking in northeast Calgary for a...