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Articles

STEWED TOMATOES

An antique ceramic bowl of ripening tomatoes-on-the-vine usually sits on my counter, the rich and...

APPLE

Have you ever noticed that Snow White (in the forest of the Seven Dwarves) and Eve (in the Garden of...

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” 

(Marilyn Monroe) Cinderella and her glass slippers aside, I think Marilyn had it backwards. She...

BOOK TRAILER

This is so fantastic! Watch the new, professional, two-minute book trailer for my novel, THE THIRD...

BOTTLING SUMMER: MAKING WILD BERRY JAM

Our years of ranching in the arid Sand Hills of Saskatchewan gave me a deep appreciation for the...

CREPE RECIPE

I pepper my novel, The Third Grace, with references to French and...

HOW TO TAME A CITY-SLICKER

I was born for uptown living.  True, the view from the maternity ward of the Mennonite village...

ARTS CONNECTION PODCAST

Check out the recent radio show on which I was interviewed by Robert...

SHORTLIST

The shortlist of competitors for the 2012 Grace Irwin Award *** Deb Elkink: The Third Grace...

AWARD

I just won a major writing award! I’m elated and humbled. My novel, The Third...

PURE BLISS!

(Photograph by Moussa Faddoul) Here I am on June 13, 2012, in Mississauga, Ontario, as newly...