Home Again, Home Again
May 11, 2015 |
Isn’t it lovely to sleep in your own bed after a trip? I just got back from a week in Toronto, so I’m home in Vancouver, enjoying...
Ampersand News
My brain is full
May 8, 2015 |
Happy Friday! I am so happy to be home. I love going to Toronto, staying in a hotel, seeing our publishers there and hearing about their wonderful...
Coming soon
May 7, 2015 |
It’s been a great week of the Toronto sales conference, and the reps are still standing, (I like to think it’s because of the fantastic food I’ve...
How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster and….
May 4, 2015 |
After a week of meetings in Vancouver I was having a leisurely cup of tea while perusing the Saturday Globe & Mail and what did I see...
Week One, Done!
May 1, 2015 |
Happy Friday! Week one of Sales Conference is now history and already I can tell that my to-be-read pile is going to be a tall tower of...
Conference Week
April 30, 2015 |
Well, my coworker and I are gearing towards the last few days of having the office to ourselves and we are having a gay ol’ time. I...
Cookbook Heaven
April 27, 2015 |
So you’ve probably already figured out that I’m PRETTY into food. I’m also a big lover of art books (please see previous posts for evidence of my...
Psst – Do You Want to Know a Secret?
April 27, 2015 |
978 1 4598 0654 2 $14.95 Day two of our fall sales conference we met with Jen Cameron and Dayle Sutherland of Orca Books. As always Orca...
Sales Conference Here We Come!
April 24, 2015 |
Happy Friday! Tomorrow we head into Sales Conference to learn about the new books for the Fall season. I am starting to get excited because of all...
When the cat’s away…
April 23, 2015 |
Hello everyone! As the reps are gearing up for the Fall 2015 sales conference, I am gearing down from organizing it all. Next week everyone will be...
Taking Care of Business
April 20, 2015 |
I love my Polestar Business Calendar. I like to write things down – it helps me remember I really do have to do them. I also...
Time for Fall?
April 20, 2015 |
Holy smokes, you guys, it’s almost time for sales conference! Starting this Saturday, we’ll all have our butts parked in conference room chairs so we can take...
Vacation time!
April 17, 2015 |
Happy Friday! When you read this, I will have been on vacation for a week. Nothing earth shattering, I will have been doing some spring cleaning, decluttering...
Biting the Apple
April 14, 2015 |
I attended a Chinese wedding feast on the weekend. The meal consisted of 11 courses! It is traditional for the couple to have jokes played on them...
Spring Gardening
April 13, 2015 |
Spring is in full bloom here in Vancouver, and I’m considering an overhaul of my patio area. I’n not a great gardener by any means, but looking...
Why I am Furiously Happy
April 10, 2015 |
There is a book coming this September that I am very excited about; it is the book I most want to read this year. The title is...
National Poetry Month – Food
April 9, 2015 |
Hi friends! April is National Poetry Month and the theme for this year is food. If you have followed this blog you will have noticed by now...
Hummingbirds – Not so fast!
April 7, 2015 |
9781626863880 Photographing hummingbirds is difficult. I can attest to it! Hummingbirds like my porch. Fairly regularly they fly in and have to be caught – usually with...
Happy Easter!
April 6, 2015 |
I’m still feeling the bruises from my family’s full-contact Easter egg hunt! -Ali