Storytelling. Fact and fiction. One word at a time.
This blog post is the precursor to the two very late posts I intended to post on time. But I didn't. I am not saying any of this from a place of complacency. I always intend to write at least one post a week but sometimes life happens. This is not the first time I... Continue Reading →
I received a photo of Shepherd's Call from a reader on holiday in the Dominican Republic. He's been a long-time fan of our books but doesn't read them until he's on a beach. He's patient. I'll give him that. Am I patient I think about the jousting parts of me---driven and patient. One part wants... Continue Reading →
This is a TikTok trend but it got me thinking. In 2012 at the end of the year of completing 101 things and entering the second year of doing 101 things again (yeah I know, I'm nuts) I was still really floundering to find peace and joy. My friend Mandy asked if I would like... Continue Reading →
I'm sitting here with a great sense of gratitude for everything. I realize that it's impossible for me to feel negative emotions and gratitude at the same time. My brain doesn't work that way. I wonder if anyone's brain does? I can't sit waist-deep in the bullshit of my day and simultaneously point to the... Continue Reading →
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 →
Having written my memoir really gets me thinking about everyone else's story. No one is ordinary. And even if they are---it's in that day-to-day that stories are built, that the remarkable occurs. In the hall at work, I stopped to watch a teacher assemble a bulletin board. Another teacher stopped and another one---a small professional... 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 →
Dear Friends: It's time for my Christmas letter, this time reflecting on the season with just a few days left in the month. The sun is slowing cresting on the horizon with our late mornings in this northern land, glowing a gold color into the house making my Christmas decorations slightly more magical (if it's... Continue Reading →
Angie Counios 