Deborah Cooke: Author

Every year, the same thing happens – summer comes.

Today is Victoria Day in Canada, a statutory holiday and the unofficial beginning of summer. People open their cottages on this first long weekend, or plant their gardens, or generally celebrate the return of summer one more time. Even when it’s a bit chilly – as it has been here this weekend – the barbeques are still fired up and the road trips planned.

Summer brings house guests to the Château – and very welcome they are, too – as well as lazy days. The garden needs tending and there is prosecco in the fridge that must be drunk on the porch. Summer is filled with obligations and pleasures – every summer, I cut back on my blogging in order to protect my writing time enjoy all of those seasonal pleasures, too

So, we’re on summer hours at Alive & Knitting and I won’t be posting every weekday. I’ll post to the blog when I think of something interesting or have some news to share, but otherwise I’ll be writing away – or, quite possibly, drinking prosecco on the porch after I’ve finished my word count for the day.

I hope you take the time to enjoy summer as well – we’ll get back into a routine after Labour Day, which is the unofficial end of summer.