I wrote this book because I wanted to be a voice for women who never thought that they were special. I wanted to let them know that, even though they may never have stood up in class yelling out the answers, or they were the last to be chosen in class, none of this ma...

Why choose a horse over other the many other available animals with which to work in the field of Animal -Assisted Therapies? Horses have the unique ability to help us heal both emotionally and physically.

Equines have evolved over the past 50 million years to the larg...

It was on December 6, 2013, in commemoration of Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, that the first edition of Sharing: our stories, our selves, our success was launched. The anthology featured 24 writers, a group of women with dif...

Let me start off with a statement about myself. I love stories!  I love listening to stories and creating stories. I have even found employ-ment in fields that would allow me to hear and tell stories in many different forms. Back in grade school and high school I alway...

As a kid, whenever people asked me: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would say with confidence: “I’m gonna be an actress, maybe on Broadway!” Now, this answer usually resulted in one of the following responses:

•    “But how are you going to make money?”...

On July 16, 2015, my father took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday, as he did every year. Ten days later, he collapsed in his home, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Dad was 94 years old at the time, and still living alone. Although he had been doing rem...

Have you ever overheard a curious snippet of conversation? Have you happened to observe body language indicating empathy, frustration or hostility? Does human interaction interest and amuse you? Then you’ll understand the premise behind “Café Conversations” a collectio...

Having moved house quite often, from a young age, I came to find that ‘home’ was a place I could find within myself; a place I would go to feel safe and at ease.  I have continued to carried that with me throughout my adult life; feeling at home with family and friends...

From the Heart was published by One Thousand Trees in August 2019. Following are some th

oughts from author Dennis Perrier, about this, his second book.

Canadians, like most people who live in developed nations, are subject to distraction. Their priorities are not alwa...

My Grade 6 teacher held up three items: a red ball of yarn, a nickel, and a green-leafed bunch of white berries. “Choose one of these, and write about it. The best entry will receive the nickel.”

I chose the berries, and described my childhood play on our farm. I once...