tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131225502011-11-18T00:25:36.473-04:00Author and freelance writer C.E. Barrett's #1 Blog, in which Chris shares life and random thoughts.CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-12135982047913147702010-08-03T16:01:00.002-03:002010-08-03T16:05:59.822-03:00

I can't believe it's been about two years already since I posted here. I still like my good old OpenDiary where I've been writing for ten years or thereabouts, maybe longer. I like the community there. My youngest daughter is now finished school, and I'm looking at possibly changing workplaces again in the near future. I'm going to have to do something soon, because I'm not making enough to live

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-47800113976372228822008-08-22T19:48:00.000-03:002008-08-22T19:49:03.044-03:00

There's lots to talk about and I might not get to it all today. Life is a funny thing and takes odd turns from time to time. The latest turn involves my PT Cruiser, which I really liked a lot, an unplowed highway after ten p.m., slow speed and wretched conditions. I was on my way home from work on Saturday, March 15. It had been snowing for about 7 hours and I don't think the part of the highway

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1173884526224856602007-03-14T12:56:00.000-03:002007-03-14T13:02:06.233-03:00

It boggles my mind how quickly time flies by. I really should just bookmark the blogs I want to update regularly and get off my butt and do so. I do have random thoughts come up from time to time that I think about sharing and then I forget because the kids are on the computer or whatever. I might just opt for getting another computer just for me, once some of the bills are caught up, and they

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1163274004651224602006-11-11T15:32:00.000-04:002006-11-11T15:40:04.670-04:00

Someone just gave me a nudge and let me know it's been forever and a day since I had an entry here. Well, it's time to get off my butt and try coming in regularly. I'm doing NoJoMo on Opendiary, which involves doing a journal entry a day. I'm thinking it may be too much to try that here, but I could always copy and paste my entries from there to here, but that seems like cheating to me.I have a

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1129287160486124762005-10-14T07:45:00.000-03:002005-10-14T07:52:40.493-03:00

I imagine any of you wandering in here from my website are as distressed as I am to see that OD seems to have gone to its reward. The WHOIS says its registration ran out October 8, 2005 and that it is currently pending renewal or death (okay, it doesn't say "death" per se, but that's what it boils down to). I hope it comes back. I like OD. I've kept Torin's journal there for a long time and it

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1128611006123444712005-10-06T12:02:00.000-03:002005-10-06T12:03:31.566-03:00

Well, things are coming along nicely. I got the contract for one article, signed it and sent it back, and finished a second article for an online 'zine for busy women and I've been making some money with an online gig that I can do whenever it strikes my fancy. I've started work on the companion to the erotic novel and am still sending out queries to agents and publishers for the Bailey Sullivan

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1127299458799368702005-09-21T07:40:00.000-03:002005-09-21T07:44:18.806-03:00

I recently got the cover art from the artist at eXasy Books. I'm still waiting for my manuscript to make its way to an editor's desk so we can do what has to be done, but in the meantime, the cover is ready and is up at eXtasy Books in the "upcoming ebooks" section. I'm part way through a non-fiction book I have hopes for; two fiction projects, one of which may be mostly for myself; a grammar

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1122985165273714982005-08-02T13:18:00.000-03:002005-08-25T09:13:25.533-03:00

At church on Sunday, the priest had the lector read a letter from our Archbishop, speaking out against same-sex marriage and the idea that Canada is now on the road to Hell, more or less, for sanctioning such an unholy practice. At least, that's what I got out of the letter. It also said that politicians should keep their religious beliefs in the forefront and that it is possible to have faith,

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1122814460995813202005-07-31T13:54:00.000-03:002005-07-31T09:54:21.000-03:00

This summer has been the most perfect one, weather-wise, in a long time. I believe I could live with weather and temps like this year round. All I have to do now is find a place somewhere in the world which foots the bill, sell everything I own, or almost, and move there. The South Pacific might be nice. Maybe the Caribbean, but I'm not a big hurricane admirer, so that's kind of an iffy choice.

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1119196462448941282005-06-19T12:47:00.000-03:002005-06-19T12:54:22.453-03:00

It's amazing to me how quickly the year is flying by. My youngest daughter will be turning 13 in less than two weeks and her sister will be 24 two weeks after that. But somehow I don't feel old enough to have a daughter who is 24, nor a granddaughter of 2 and a half.I've been working on a site for All Info About. I'm writing about Atlantic Canada and covering everything from music (folk songs to

CEBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244748961967487038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13122550.post-1116888875704304732005-05-23T23:42:00.000-03:002005-05-23T19:54:35.710-03:00

This is not to belittle other blogs I have started here and there, nor the contents of other blogs I have right here on blogspot, but the other two have definite purposes and I wanted a place just for me without having to adhere to a theme.So here I am. It's the Monday of a holiday weekend in Canada and the workweek will start again tomorrow. It's been an oddly quiet weekend. My youngest daughter

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