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After a period of peace, it seems that there is a swirl of discontent and upset in our family with my Dad in the centre. I am guessing some of it is due to my being away, but, more is related to a siblings reengagement with him stirring up stuff. I'm heading out next week in what should have included a restful & fun time with a sibling as we rebuild a relationship, and it seems it will be marred by stuff with Dad again. If you hear me being a pirate you will understand. I actually swore at my father very clearly a few times today after I heard what he had done. I wish I could equate it to age but it is more due to his core being. sigh.
 
On the 401, being driven to the airport. Sleep is outside of my grasp. Thinking of you folks snoozing away or just getting your day started.

So I am puttering in the room. Dishes are done from the night before, coffee is on and there is fruit and some egg muffins ready for you

May your day be all that you hope it may be.
 
Now sitting at the airport awaiting breakfast after a pretty quick ride to the airport and trip through security and customs.

The restaurant is less busy than normal. Nine tables of apparent business travelers based on luggage and laptops.

My youngest son's reserves were present on parade in full blues (kilt) at the funeral in Hamilton for the slain reservist and the reservist gathering that followed. It was good to have quiet time to talk to him about it.
 
Seeler opens the door from the back porch and enters the room with an armful of wood.
Brrrrr - let's get this fire started. Winter has hit with a vengeance - and it's only early November - almost two months before the winter solstice. Snow piled up on the car - and the plow just went by blocking the driveway.
This storm was predicted Saturday but since on Sunday morning there was just a bit of rain, it was decided to hold church as usual. Seelerman drove me down river to the first church - good turn-out for that congregation and the service went well. No snow, and the rain seemed to have stopped, so we drove on to the second church. Small turn-out but wonderful people and again we had a good service.
And still no sign of the storm - until we were about 20 klms from home. The drizzle started turning white, then we noticed white on the shoulders of the country road we were travelling. Then slush on the road. We met a tow-truck. The fish-tailed a bit (summer tires). Slowed down, saw the car ahead sliding sideways and recovering as it rounded a corner. We slowed again, with greater following distance between cars - and were quite relieved to get home.
Today the sun shines. Seelerman will clean the driveway. In a few days this snow will melt and we will have our usual dreary November. We'll welcome the clean white snow in December when we are ready for it.

People from both churches had requested that I bring my books -- they bought five after the services. Only one person (jokingly) mentioned 'money-changers in the temple' as I gave him his change after he purchased his copy.
 
Thanks.
And I'm glad that you had this quiet time with your son. We grab these moments when we can. Whenever Seelerboy is home for an extended visit we try to get in a drive - just the two of us alone in the car driving through the countryside, getting out for a short walk somewhere to enjoy the scenery, stopping somewhere for lunch. We grab these moments when they come.
Where are you off to this time?
 
I am here too. Hope the week goes well.

Tamra Keepness, a well known little girl ( a twin) went missing 10 years ago in July. We think of her often through the years but no clue was found. There is still a police task group and a reward is still offered. Police are still sure someone knows something.

Yesterday someone ( no real name) posted on Reddit "look in a well". It was accompanied by a map.

Startling.
 
Greetings all!

Woke up this morning to a couple of inches of snow . . . and as we head into the afternoon it is still falling. The temperature is hovering above zero, so right now it is still snow . . . but the main roads are all slushy. What will happen is that it wlil freeze overnight and tomorrow (and for the rest of the year) we will face ice everywhere. Hubby went out to shovel sidewalks and said the snow was very wet and heavy. This kind of weather and snow usually brings about someone here having a heart attack or heart issues of some sort.

I went and did my volunteer work at the church offcie this morning . . . took longer than usual as there was a variety of things to deal with. Home for the afternoon and I am going to take the opportunity this afternoon to sit around the Room fireplace and share some of the goodies that are here, cozy up in a chair, visit with a few roomies, and rest, and perhaps nap.

Pinga, I am sorry to hear that dissension of sorts has raised its ugly head in your family/relationships regarding your Dad. Hope it settles down. Human relationships are challenging . . . especially family relationships . . . glad to hear about your special connection time with your son (and your sharing of your special times alone with your son, seeler). I think these one on one times with our children are important. I don't get a lot of them with my son . . . but am going to start doing what I can for them to happen.

Seeler, glad to hear your services went well and you had safe travels throughout. Hope your BIL is doing okay. Glad you sold a few books in the process.

Crazyheart, I think that must be one of the worst things a person could go through . . . having a missing child and never having closure or finding them - always wondering . . .

Have a good afternoon everyone! Blessings!
 
I just delivered ten books to a locally owned bookstore for sale on consignment. They are very easy to deal with, and they will arrange for me to have a reading on the 20th of this month.
I also mailed books to my sisters in Ontario. Postage per book was $4.70. If anybody would like to order one of my books directly from me (rather than going through Amazon.com) I can let them go for $17.70 including postage. I'm selling them locally for $15 but I will absorb $2.00 of the postage. I'm still upset that the publisher (an affiliate of Amazon) does not make books by Canadian writers available on Amazon.ca
Contact me by Wondermail or whatever it's called on this new version of WonderCafe.
 
seeler, is it more benneficial to you for us to order through you, or through amazon? If you aren't going to have enough books I will order through amazon, but if you get more money if we order through you then I will order through you?
 
Lots going on here, especially with parents. Luckily for Chemguy and I they just drive us nuts in the normal way at times, no care issues for now.

I had a list of errands to do today, but I wasn't up to going out this morning with my lymph node acting up again. I got about 1/3 done. It's already after 3. Where does the time go?
 
Beloved said:
seeler, is it more benneficial to you for us to order through you, or through amazon? If you aren't going to have enough books I will order through amazon, but if you get more money if we order through you then I will order through you?
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Thanks for your interest Beloved. I actually think it will be simpler for people to order directly through me. If I start to run short of books I can order more and get them directly from my publisher - right now I'm just hoping to sell what I have on hand. I'm just starting marketing now - I go from optimism "Oh boy, as soon as I recover my original investment, I will send another order" to pessimism "What will I do if I'm stuck with boxes of books in my livingroom?"
I loved writing the book, and even rewriting and revising - but I wish now that I could just turn it over to an agent who would make all the contacts and arrangements for me. Marketing isn't my forte.
 
Seeler, hard stuff. I feel the same way slogging chocolate bars or tickets ....and they arent something that I have ownership or "birthed" as you have your novel.

I think the closest that I have come is selling my skills or presenting them, and honestly, I suck at that.
 
Pinga said:
I think the closest that I have come is selling my skills or presenting them, and honestly, I suck at that.
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I think this is a common thing pinga - that we're not very good at or reluctant to promote our own skills. Maybe that would make for an interesting separate thread?
 
Not sure if I did the right thing this morning.
My calm morning was disturbed by nightclerk clearly trying to appease someone on the phone.
Next, the person (a tall man in his late 50's), showed up at the desk and berated staff.
He then proceeded to be demanding, not letting them review quietly.
He walked away, then came back and was obnoxious as he couldn't figure out how to get online.
When the manager arrived, he berated her as well.

Afterwards, I went to them and said that I was sorry they had to put up with this behaviour. I could see how some of the younger day staff were cringing under his verbal atacks.
I then went to him and advised him that bullying behaviour is not acceptable under any circumstance.

Should I have said something earlier? Should I have never said anything. I don't know. A bully may never realize what their behaviour does to all that surround them, including those of us trying to have a nice quiet breakfast, or the next person who approaches that day clerk.
 
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