A Considerable Age

I believe our stories are intertwined, connecting us all.

My work follows my passions: prenatal teacher/doula, newspaper columnist, traffic reporter, construction company manager, talk-show host, documentary film producer. Radical Resthomes will be my last career move, when it finally gets off the ground.

John Aylen is a book publisher and marketing professor who divides his time between Orford, Quebec, and Montreal.

Virginia Fisher Yaffe is intensely grateful to have reached a considerable age. She tries hard to keep looking forward imagining a world where humanity prizes similarities rather than differences.

Beth Kaplan is the author of five books: a biography, two memoirs, and a guide to creative writing that's the textbook for the nonfiction writing courses she teaches at U of T. Her latest book is Midlife Solo, a memoir-in-essays. www.bethkaplan.ca.

Retired magazine editor living in the beautiful Gatineau Hills of Western Quebec. Grateful for finally having the time, perspective and opportunity to write and share stories.

Author, writing coach, and former penguin herder, Gina’s books include the novel, “Don’t Ask” and the collection “Tell Me Story, Tell Me the Truth.” She was also the subject of the award-winning documentary, My Mother, the Nazi Midwife and Me.

Lynne Santy Tanner was born in New York City. She is a poet and served as choreographer for the Rutherford County Arts Council in North Carolina for Fifty years. She met Alice at the Swag

Pat lives on a small hobby farm near Ottawa. She enjoys memoir writing and creating children’s stories. Her children’s book Tails from MerryMac Farm will be launched in October.

Retired Canadian diplomat, master gardener, dabbler in art and poetry, now aiming to promote smiles through writing.

I am a spiritual director, psychotherapist and poetry editor for Spiritual Directors International. Addicted to "waking up" through invitations from life and my dreams, my greatest joy is my huge family of nineteen grands and twelve great-grands.