Author: shannon

Read All About What LOL is Reading Next!

After wrapping up Kathleen Winter's novel, Annabel, the LOL is heading in an entirely different direction. Not only is our next book non-fiction, it is an autobiography. Not only is it an auto- biography, it's a sports story. Yes, we're switching gears--or should I say...

Mexican Bean Dip

Mexican Bean Dip I am the Queen of the Casserole. Anything that can be made in one dish and served up the same, is my specialty. Here's one of my favourites, courtesy of Jean Pare's Company's Coming. It's fabulous with tortilla chips, crackers, torn chunks of...

Ode to Annabel; Praise for Judy’s Kitchen

Cheers! To LOL member, Judy, for hosting our meeting to discuss, Annabel If you've read my inaugural column in the newly launched magazine, Okanagan Woman, (http://www.okanaganwoman.com/), you'll know I've belonged to a couple of different book clubs over the years but Wednesday evening's LOL meeting ranks...

Of Love & Loss

Welcome, Wednesday. It's a big day for the LOL. Tonight is our monthly meeting, when we will be discussing our latest novel, Annabel. New Year's resolutions to curtail food and drink may be thwarted as the appies roll out and the wine doth pour but...

Precious Times at the Peaks

Happy New Year and welcome back to the Ladies on Literature blog. I enjoyed a lovely holiday with family, followed by a week of sun-kissed skies and snow-covered mountains @ Sun Peaks Ski Resort. The alpine offered up powder, the Nordic trails were well-groomed, and...

The Ladies of Christmas

It's Free-For-All-Friday but moreover it's two days until Christmas! Are you ready? I'm not. But then, if you've read my blog or if you know me, you'll know I'm never ready for much. I am a procrastinator and while I desperately try to be on...

Love At Christmas Time

Ah! a blessing beyond all fate My sole mate 'tis my soul mate. ~Pixie Foudre  If you're anything like me, you have bags upon (recyclable--of course) bags piled up in the confines of some closet, so full of stocking stuffers, you scarcely recall what you've bought. How many...