It’s been a while since my last novel (The Tangled Stars came out in late 2022), but I’m pleased to say I’ll have a new novel out this summer. This one is a middle-grade/YA modern-day …
Last night, I had the privilege of performing one of my favourite Christmas songs, “O Holy Night,” for Westhill Park Baptist Church’s Christmas Eve service. And here’s my performance! I hope you enjoy it. Also, …
Andy Philp, host of The Philp Side on CJTR Community Radio here in Regina, asked me to record “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore (better known by it’s first line, “‘Twas the …
The Kickstarter to support three of the titles Shadowpaw Press is publishing this fal, two science fiction novels and one fantasy, funded at $1,805 of the $1,500 CDN goal. Thanks to everyone who kicked in! …
It takes money to publish books, and most of that money flows out the door before the book is released and sales begin, so my publishing company, Shadowpaw Press, turned to Crowdfundr to help ensure …
Well, I did it again: led the Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop (created by science fiction and fantasy author James van Pelt) at a writing conference, this time, Wordbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. Here’s the story I …
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Transit of Mercury: The Movie
I think it’s probably impossible for us to truly understand the size of a star, even an ordinary, not particularly big star like our sun.
Check out this page from NASA with images from the recent transit of Mercury across the face of the sun. In particular, take time to download the movie. Watch the surface of the sun boil. Then remember that that round dot is both a whole planet and millions of kilometres closer to us than the sun–and that each of the “granules” you see on the sun’s surface is about the size of, say, North America.
Feeling insignificant yet?
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