Storytelling. Fact and fiction. One word at a time.
I have a file on my desktop where I keep all the wonderful things people are sending in about My List, My Rules. The comments keep coming in from friends and family but also from some people I didn't know or didn't expect to have a copy of the book. I have only received good comments... Continue Reading →
Below is a review I received for My List, My Rules: The Year A Checklist Changed My Life. To date, it is my only official review. I don't know who Toby A. Welch is but I am so grateful for these words. I have thought about the publishing world and how challenging it is for... Continue Reading →
I'm always looking for signs that I'm on the right track---that I've done the right thing, made the right choice. At the end of December, I received a solid sign when an email via WordPress ---thank you blog! from Coreen Larson, a producer for CBC's The Morning Edition (Regina's #1 morning radio show) contacted me.... Continue Reading →
**Stories that were not in My List My Rules Goal: Purchase a Cashmere Sweater I don’t like shopping but as a woman in her forties, I felt like there were some parts of the consumer experience I may be missing. I wondered why so many of my friends were into wandering around the mall. A... Continue Reading →
Iceland has the right idea. There is a list of reasons to give books as gifts. My List, My Rules: The Year A Checklist Changed My Life is the most recent book I have written. I'm extremely proud of all the books on my author roster but this one is special. It's about the year... Continue Reading →
What it's about---the short version I wrote a book on my own. It's called My List My Rules and it's about a year I did 101 things in 365 days. Initially, I created this list just because. But as the year progressed I realized that this checklist was life-altering. Not like open heart surgery life-altering... Continue Reading →
**Stories that were not in My List My Rules Goal: Crochet Something Mindful this. Mindful that. I grew up watching my good Greek Ma craft her brains out. She did not paint or draw but she did everything else. She sewed. She embroidered. She rug-hooked. Remember that one? She took a stab at beading and... Continue Reading →
**Stories that were not in my book My List My Rules Goal: Write With a Montblanc Pen Montblanc pens are hundreds of dollars. Some are thousands of dollars. They are the Rolls-Royce, the Bugatti, the Jaguar of the world of pens. They are for the fancy, the rich, the famous. Therefore, they are not for... Continue Reading →
In a moment of just trusting that an idea was for me, I decided to spend a year doing 101 things in 365 days. There was no logic or even desire just a very deep feeling of trust to do 101 things in 365 days with no outcome except completing the list. A thing every... Continue Reading →
Angie Counios 