Library Love And Canadian Writers
Librarians buy books for their libraries. A LOT of books. And all writers everywhere get paid when their books are purchased for libraries.
In Canada and some other countries, however, writers receive additional funds, funds they can use to create the next book or to…eat. (We like eating. We try to do it every day. – grins)
Canadian writers are given a ‘grant’ of sorts for every book (ebook, print book, audio book, other) they have in a Canadian library.
If you are Canadian and you want to help Canadian writers, request their books. Ask a librarian to order their books. In Toronto, this is as simple as sending an email or going into a library and mentioning it to a librarian.
Libraries and writers will thank you.
(smiles)
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Ask WHY A Change Happened
I note, as best as I can, changes in rules and regulations and guidelines, especially regarding the food and water supply systems, energy and other essentials.
When rules and regulations and guidelines change, I ask myself WHY.
Who benefits from the changes? How do these changes change the quality, availability, and/or safety of whatever is impacted? What should I do differently now due to these changes?
Rules and regulations and guidelines weren’t crafted for funsies. Someone thought they were important enough to fight for. Likely people died before these rules and regulations and guidelines were established.
Note when they change.
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If You’re Not Using It
A friend was planning to go to the movies with his fiancée. The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I happened to have 2 movie tickets (we obtained using points).
So we gave him the tickets.
We weren’t using them. We didn’t plan to use them in the future.
He will definitely use them.
The gift made sense.
If you’re not using something, consider giving or loaning it to someone who WILL use it. Make their world a better, kinder place.
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As Soon As You Think Of Them, Reach Out
In the past, I would see something that reminded me of a loved one. I’d think of them. And I’d tell myself I should tell them I’m thinking of them.
Later.
As you likely guessed, later never happened. I would get distracted by something else. Time would pass. The person never realized I was thinking of them and I DO think of them.
Now, I contact them right away. I’ll send them a quick message. “I saw X, I thought of you, and I smiled.” That’s all that is needed. They know I think of them. I care. They are loved.
(smiles)
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Savor The Small Joys
One of my buddies loves hats – big hats, small hats, fancy hats, plain hats, old hats, new hats, any type of hat. They are a simple thing but they give her great joy.
And joy is priceless during these turbulent, sometimes dark times.
This joy is easier to capture and to keep if they originate from the small things – a nice hat, dew on a tree leaf, a decadent piece of chocolate, an often-read well-loved romance novel.
Savor your small joys, my friends. Protect them. Cherish them.
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Celebrate Back To School
It is September 1st.
I will always associate September with Back To School.
I love learning new things. I love snazzy new pens and pencils and not-yet-written-in notebooks. I love backpacks. They are portable organizers for our books and school supplies.
And I love the idea that everything ‘starts’ again in September. In school, I’d be in a new grade with a new-to-me teacher and maybe some new classmates. I could be a new me with those people. (smiles)
What do you love about Back To School?
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Rest When You Need To Rest
I know when the words don’t flow, when I stare at the blank screen and there’s nothing I want to write, it is time for a rest.
It is time to go out to the garden, one of my sanctuaries, and simply be. Watch the butterflies. Touch the grass. Listen to the hum of the bumblebees.
This feels like a waste of time especially as I have no time to waste and so many things to do.
But it is needed. Just as we need space to move, we need rest to think.
It is as necessary as air, as water, as life.
Rest if you need to rest, my friends. Feed your brain.
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Let Others Be
Unless a mosquito lands on me (or enters the house), I don’t smack it.
It’s doing its own thing. As I’m doing my own thing.
And I don’t have the time or energy to deal with every mosquito in the universe.
(smiles)
I also don’t have the time or energy to concern myself about who people love (as long as it is consensual) or how people worship or what clothes they wear or what books they read.
I let people and other beings be as much as it is possible.
And that has made me SO much happier.
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Visit Your Local Public Library
I wouldn’t be a writer today if it weren’t for libraries and libraries.
Heck, I might not be alive today if it weren’t for them.
My home life was ROUGH and we were very poor. Escaping into books helped me to cope with that.
Public Libraries, of course, have much more than books (though books are enough, aren’t they – smiles). There’s internet and computer access, movies, free workshops, tool rental and much more at my within-easy-walking-distance library.
And there’s community. There are always people in an open public library. Librarians are there to help us and answer questions. Other library patrons have at least one thing in common with us – they use the library (and often they love to learn).
Visiting our local public libraries also helps to ensure these wonderful resources stay open. You’re making a difference in the world simply by walking through the doors!
And isn’t that an awesome power to have?
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Making Space For Good Things
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have been reducing our unneeded things, our clutter.
This has not only created more space in our home for other things but it has always created more space in our busy schedules. We no longer have to clean and care for those unneeded things.
This means we have time and space to more easily do the things we love…like dancing around the kitchen while we make dinner. (smiles)
Make a little space…in your home, in your schedule, in your amazing mind. Then fill it with good things or experiences or simply and fantastically serenity.
You deserve this happiness, my friends!
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