This is #ProjectNomad

I woke up on June 1st in a Motel 6 somewhere north of Seattle. I lay awake for a while, listening to cars and trucks pass on the interstate outside, and I couldn't chase the thought from my head that it was time to retire. I'd just finished an incredible month on the road, touring from the Yukon Territory to Texas, Arizona and California in early May, and then driving from Maine to Washington State in the latter two weeks of the month, all in support of my ninth novel, GALE F

It's funny how the people we've loved can continue to influence us, long after they're gone from our lives. I've talked before about how when we went grocery shopping, my partner and I would each take a basket and meet up at the cash registers when we'd picked out what we wanted. My basket was always filled with cookies and crackers and precooked dinners, instant rice, etc. Hers were mostly green: spinach and kale and all kinds of vegetables. Berries. Nuts. Beets. I'd always

Trigger warning: Talk about suicide. A year ago I was sitting in the departure lounge at the airport in Halifax, about to board an eight-hour flight across the country to my home in Vancouver, when my partner of nearly four years sent me a text. It was brief, and vague, but the gist was she was leaving me. In fact, she'd be moved into another man's apartment by the time my plane landed. I recognize it's unhealthy to dwell on this stuff and I've really tried not to and #Projec

For the last year or so, I've been regularly attending boot-camp style high intensity interval training classes, both in Vancouver at Survivor Fitness and on Prince Edward Island at 3rd Degree Training in Summerside. These classes have really been the bedrock of my exercise regimen, in addition to hikes in the warmer months, and obviously the daily dog perambulation. My partner's dad was a devotee of Survivor Fitness, and the results really showed; he'd steadily lost weight a

Okay, just from looking at the picture you can tell these didn't turn out quite how they're supposed to. I think it's partly because the oven sucked and partly because I was supposed to let them sit at room temperature for eight hours and I just couldn't resist trying them the night I made them. Okay, it's probably mostly that second one. The good news is these things are freaking delicious, and at only 65 calories per, they're a guilt-free indulgence to boot! The genesis for