Just when I thought this contest couldn't be any more fun or get any better--it just did. Two more entries arrived in my inbox this weekend, and they're from a friend I've never met in my home town of Ottawa, Ontario! Yay, Ottawa! Writes artist Ieneke Jansen, "I am a self-taught artist who was born …
Don’t Leap!
This is about the only time I'd ever say that--as the author of a book titled, 'Leap,' I'd say I'm a pretty big fan of jumping in and going for it. But "Don't Leap!" is definitely the appropriate title for the latest entry in my "By Leaps and Bounds" Photo Contest. This photo was taken …
“Poetry, Ahhhh!” –Not “Poetry, Arghhh!”
I've always been in love with poetry --but I loved words at a very young age, and my first experience being told to write a poem was a very positive one. My grade one teacher took us to the local arena, and when we returned, she asked us to write an "expressive limerick" about it. …
Heather Grace Stewart 