Who’s next on my North of the Border guest blog series? Today we have Glenn Lindsey, author of the Billy Fender PI Series!
Where does Glenn get his inspiration? How is Canada part of that inspiration? Read on and see…
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Thank-you Jacqui for your blog invitation. I’m delighted to share my North of the Border inspiration.
It’s the Lindsey family cottage. Erected in the early 1950s, this is a very humble edifice. A pre-fab consisting of lumber, nails, shingles, and windows, it was built by my father on cow pasture near the shores of Lake Simcoe in then-rural-southern-Ontario-Canada. Three bedrooms, a living-room, a kitchen, and a washroom are squeezed into 600 square feet. In the early years, a big iron-cast stove provided heat on cooler August evenings while an ice-box kept the milk cool during the blast furnace hot days of July.
My younger brother and I shared a bedroom which housed a clothes dresser, (some of) our toys, and a bunkbed. I had the top bunk; he, the bottom. From this safe, tiny room, we ventured out and explored the surrounding farmers’ fields, the clear waters of the lake, and the leafy branches of the many trees. All the stuff of stories.
Read the rest Glenn’s guest blog at http://bit.ly/notbGL
