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Photo credit: Azmaan Baluch on Unsplash (Early 2000s--Thoughts from when I use to visit the Saskatoon Correctional Center with my minister and members of my church) I like leaving this place.  Always feels like a weight has been lifted.  Going in is the opposite.  The inside.  Hand over my stuff that gets put in a bucket.  Checked by a metal detector.  Cleared, the first set of glass doors close behind.  Harder to breathe.  In the booth the second set of doors open and I step

Photo credit: Irham Setyaki, Unplash Start with a shaky doodle Start with a sketchy sketch Start with a wimpering whisper Start with a breathy breath Start with a brave key Start with a curious note Start with a dangerous move Start with a bold stroke Start with an empty paper Start with a full pen Start with a questionable beginning Start with an open end Start because you have to Start because you must Get on the lonely keyboard Blow off the gathering dust You cannot stop s

Photo credit: Aaron Burden on Unsplash Just need to write It's been awhile Sitting on a manuscript that Hasn't talked to me, Nor me to it... Need to break the silence, the inadequacies questioning my pen Just need to write Minutes to months Shake off any doubts That seep inside Feel the paper under my pen Like two lovers who are Avoiding the inevitable truth "Where have you been?" Afraid to be vulnerable, completely So I take a chance on me Like the ABBA refrain And come to t

Let’s take a walk You and me and our little watch her smile grow, delights Another dog sighting   Let’s see how she sees new eyes, wide eyes Imagining just beyond, around the corner She dances her feet what she likes, she loves   Let’s take a walk and dance our feet Tickle tummies make sounds our mouths have long forgotten and wide open our eyes   To see just beyond…   Oh, my love Let’s take a walk While our daughter talks No Cat’s in the Cradle Times together

Un poème en ce moment... L’humanité, nous lie On a un coeur qui bat On respire On désire On espère On cherche On se demande à quoi sert la peine, les larmes, la douleur, la souffrance? Comment combattre la haine? Il faut illuminé le noirceur, l’obscurité Avec les bras et les portes ouvertes pour ceux qui cherche refuge Paris, Nigéria, Iraq, Syrie,… Gaza, l’Ukraine…Sudan L’humanité nous lie

In this season of togetherness, Please be with those of us who are Alone, or surrounded by people but feeling alone, or separated from loved ones You gave us Jesus, Immanuel, You are God with us You are with us in all our moments and our days When we are experiencing distance from loved ones, our friends or family, Fill our quiet moments with your peace May be willing to receive assistance from those who know we are missing someone May we be willing to give in our broken hear

Dec. 2025 What of Christmas poems With rhyme, romance and pageantry Silver sleigh bells and carols Winter alighted by the Nativity   Decking halls with bows and boughs The sacred shopping sprees Searching for the perfect star To top the Christmas tree   What of the Christmas table Moaning under the weight Filling our bellies and sleep Scraping remains from our plate   What of the guest who is missing From our dining repartee If only we could see Him And invite him to the feas

What to do for a nativity play? What hasn't been done? This year my dear friend and colleague Michelle, in our church education ministry (and her sons) suggested a 1930s type of radio play and the wheels started turning. If you would like to use the play, it is free but please credit @ JenniferSWallace.ca And I would love to hear about the performance! Thank you! Another nativity play I wrote in 2019: I" A Christmas Play Behind The Scenes Theater" play. *please note: The De

I loved Great Big Sea when they first hit the airwaves in the early 90s. Living in land-locked Saskatchewan, sea shanties have always held appeal. "The Pirates on the South Saskatchewan" by the Arrogant Worms is a great example of how the music and humour of those songs connect to our prairie hearts. So here it is, the song for Kale who features in Miss G and Me . He was the boarder who moved to my parents' house after he was diagnosed with scurvy because he was only eating

I still am delighted that Miss G and Me was selected for 2024's One Book One Province by the Saskatchewan Library Association. What a treat it was to travel the province, meet wonderful librarians and community members and connect with old and new friends. Thank you everyone who supported me and came out to events!

March 28th I was invited to Government House to share Miss G and Me as the selection for One Book One Province by the Saskatchewan...

Exciting news...The Saskatchewan Library Association chose my book, Miss G and Me, for One Book One Province in 2024. This initiative,...

I had a wonderful time in Swift Current Wednesday, November 15th. It was a great evening. We got settled at the Coast Hotel, then my...

We weren't intending to be at Waterloo Station in London for any sightseeing reasons. It was just another station to get us where we...

You will want to be at D'lish by Tish May 25th. Come for the treats, company and some great readings from local authors, including me!...

A red dress hangs in front of the window “Hi, Sorry I’m late!” She slips in the back door. She’s HOME! Tears of relief, sobbing laughter intake of air between cries bodies shaking in disbelief YELLS and CHEERS The walls shake with the words SHE’S HOME! Not missing or murdered… Not Silence Not Unknown But like bad endings… It is only just a dream and I am late posting. Today is not MMIWG day. It’s over. But it is not. Every day is Red Dress Day for families, friends, communiti

I am also an art teacher. When I told my students that their assignment was to create a sculpture with foil paper, masking tape and then...

I was on "What's on Your Mind?" a livestream that happens every Wednesday in the UK. The show's host Carl Campbell offers a Caribbean...

Check out Miss G and Me's spot on the SaskBooks Bestsellers' List!