Katherine Ryalen ~ Author and Freelance Writer
On an average street in the city of Scarborough, one block west from the house where I grew up, is a lonely little cemetery. If you happen to pass by without expecting it to be there, then you’d probably be surprised. That’s because this cemetery, Washington United Church Cemetery, is sandwiched between a row of…
Another day of our trip commences in Sunny San Francisco. January back home in Toronto is a much different beast. Here: balmy. Home: blizzard. Here: sweater weather. Home: perma-parka. With temperatures more like late spring where we’re from, my partner Peter and I set off for Alcatraz. We’d planned a number of day trips ahead…
Yay! Sigh of relief. Life goal achieved. Right? Well, yes… and not exactly. I’m being a little tongue-in-cheek with the slightly deceptive title of this post because, while it’s true that I’ve written a book, it’s not actually my first. To date, I have twelve complete novels under my belt, published under my pen name…
By the time I publish this post to my blog, I will have already taken off from Pearson International Airport and landed in San Francisco. The bulk of this post was written before that time, in the days leading up to my departure. January 2023 marks the first time that I have been to the…
The new year is officially here. It’s out with 2022, and in with 2023. At the start of every year, I take time to sit down and reflect on how the previous year went. This involves getting out my trusty journal and favourite ballpoint pen, and doing a deep dive into my successes, my failures,…