by Taslim Jaffer | Sep 28, 2013 | Writing Tips and Tricks
In my daughter’s Kindergarten class last year and her Grade One class this year, there is a fabulous program called Readers/Writers Workshop. Parent volunteers come into the classroom several times a week to listen to the students read individually and help...
by Taslim Jaffer | Sep 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Late last Spring, an idea popped into my head that involved paints, quotes and pay-it-forward. I was inspired by the Creativity issue of Sprout Magazine in which there was a demo of how to create your own inspirational cards. To put my own twist on it, I envisioned...
by Taslim Jaffer | Sep 19, 2013 | Books
They say people come into your life at a time when you need them to be your mentors or mirrors. I feel the same is true of books. The book that catches your eye on the library shelf, the title you hear about from three different sources in the same week, and the...
by Taslim Jaffer | Sep 11, 2013 | Writing Tips and Tricks
How many times have you fallen asleep staring at a blank page or been hypnotized by a flashing cursor on an empty screen and thought, “I don’t know what to write about”? How often have you sat down at your desk, absolutely determined to write a...
by Taslim Jaffer | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
On Saturday September 21, 2013 thousands of people are being brought together at UBC by Kindness is Key to form a human peace sign, and support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank and Mercy Ships Charity Hospital. It’s the kind of thing I would have read about in...
