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Nearing the Target -- One Last Call for Donations
Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to post to say that ksumnersmith and I are are currently 82% of the way to our City Chase goal -- to raise $2,500 for charity Right to Play .
All we need to do is raise $500 more (although more than that would be awesome!) to reach our goal. So, here's my plea: Consider making a donation to Right to Play.
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Chance to Rappel Down Toronto's City Hall - But there's a catch
Hi Everyone,
Some of you likely know that I participated in City Chase last year with my friend ksumnersmith . Well, this year -- we are doing it again. But this City Chase is going to be like no other. Because this year, teams are getting a chance to make a 28-storey rappel off Toronto City Hall (talk about the chance of a lifetime)...except there's a catch.
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A Real Blog
Most people know I don't really keep a blog here - I just use it to post to other people's blogs.
But - seeing as I have three months off to write, I decided that I should also use this time as an opportunity to do other things. To try other things...including setting up a real blog.
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Support our CityChase Team
This Saturday, Karina Sumner-Smith and I will be competing in the Mitsubishi CityChase - what this means is that we will be racing around Toronto trying to gather "chase points" mostly by doing odd stunts and challenges.
As part of the first chase point, we have been asked to fundraise a minimum of $50 for Right to Play before end of day tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations to Paul Crilley!
Paul just posted this elsewhere, and I had to spread the word:
CHILDREN'S: MIDDLE GRADE
Paul Crilley's THE INVISIBLE ORDER and THE FIRE KING, the first books in a fantasy series about a 12-year-old girl living in Victorian London who gets caught up in a centuries long secret war being fought between the various factions of Faerie and mankind, to ( Read more... ) -
A Toast to the New Year
First was Change.
Next came Opportunity.
Then most recently - Transformation.
Now, the world is wide open - anything can happen. So many balls are in play - that who knows which ones will drop and which will grow roots and become trees. So much potential. So much ... Possibility.
So, here is me raising a glass to a year that will be unique to everyone ( Read more... )