by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 14, 2007 | Memoir
What else to do when contemplating a day’s writing? Go for a long walk in Prospect Park. It was my first walk there since early December. The place was near empty and quiet of birds. Even the squirrels made no noise as they jumped around, because all the leaves...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 14, 2007 | Memoir
I can’t resist showing off this happy couple – my brother and his lovely wife – snapped while rather “full” on my brother’s birthday at a local boozer with some chums, and just returned from a Port Douglas honeymoon. I know, I know,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 12, 2007 | Memoir
It’s winter, and the subway rats are unashamedly parading in front of commuters’ eyes as they scamper and sniff their way around the railway tracks. This is a somewhat confronting sight to someone who prides herself on living a clean life (hygienically...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 10, 2007 | Memoir
Putting the finishing touches on Simi Linton’s website, we have been discussing the ins and outs of managing her new blog. Simi asked me how I deal with all the comments I receive on my own blog (ie this website). I confessed that most of my comments were spam,...