Linda van Omme grew up on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Her parents were farmers and oyster fishermen. She began writing at about age six. Her first poem, My Mother, may not have been particularly poetic, but it certainly pleased her mother. Linda was educated in a tiny country schoolhouse, then the big high school in Charlottetown, and went on to train as an occupational therapist and work, for 42 years, all across Canada, with the wonderful characters in this great country.She and her husband John have three daughters, and now five lovely, and very active, grandchildren.
Oh no! It appears that William, who is now a LOT older than the usual kindergartner, did NOT learn all he was SUPPOSED to learn in Kindergarten, so his mother decides he had better repeat it.This book tells the story of poor William’s hilarious trials and triumphs, as he ‘Does it again!’...
A town is more than just a collection of buildings; the buildings themselves are secondary. What truly defines a town are the people who live, work, pray, sing, love, struggle, and laugh within its confines.A town’s identity is shaped by its history, its reasons for existence, and the way these el...
A retirement home is a unique society composed of a mixed bag of, usually elderly, human beings, who may, or may not, have chosen to live together under the same roof, and, many of whom, if they had their druthers, would not have chosen to ever be in such a place at all.In North America, where aging...
A bookshop, particularly an Olde Bookshoppe, is home to the world. It is a meeting place for all sorts of people, good and bad, old and young, amazing and ignored, and there we get a glimpse into their worlds. We may, or may not, ever see them again.But still, they have an effect on our lives, ou...
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