On October 23rd, I’ll be taking part in an event in Halifax called the Writing Rumble. It’s a five-hour writing relay event during which two teams of six Nova Scotian writers compete to “chain-write” a short story, each of us writing up to 350 words before passing it on to the next author to try… Continue reading Writing Rumble| Tim Covell
The American state of Florida has an Office of Parental Rights, which is one of the government organizations pressuring schools in that state to remove books. It’s bad enough that the USA is the only country in the world to not ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Having an Office… Continue reading PEN America and Florida Book Bans| Tim Covell
Writing poems is a great warm-up exercise for writing.| Tim Covell
Does "keep right except to pass" make sense for highways, or society?| Tim Covell
A few months ago, I drove between Halifax and Ottawa, and stopped both ways to check out the new rest stops near the Cobequid Pass toll booths. Rest centre at Cobequid Pass. The dull but functional…| Tim Covell
As an infrequent flyer, I have a few tips to improve the experience that frequent flyers may overlook.| Tim Covell
Usually, you can’t touch Stonehenge, so I visited other megaliths.| Tim Covell
I took a few pictures of what is probably the last snow in Halifax this season, and had a few thoughts about the words “last snow.” As it sometimes does, reflecting on a phrase led to poetry, but this turned out darker than my usual efforts. I suspect the recent death of my younger brother… Continue reading The Last Snowfall| Tim Covell
I was recently in Vancouver, and snapped a few pictures there. The inflight movie was exciting when it started, but got boring quickly. Despite travelling through the Vancouver airport since……| Tim Covell
Olympia Regina Deluxe Manual Typewriter It’s not often I try something and think “I never knew it could be like this.” It’s even less often I can share that discovery, but t…| Tim Covell
