Book review: The Last Days of the Romanovs

The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. The author takes us on quite the journey in this book. She introduces us to Ekaterinburg and the people within. We learn about the revolutionary forces in Russia and how they affect this city. But most of all, we meet the Romanovs in exquisite detail. The passive father who suppresses his feelings, the tormented mother whose madness brought...

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MckMama goes viral again

...for posting her manicure on Instagram. While driving. Because her fingernails are more important than her kids? Thanksgiving nails. 💙A photo posted by Jennifer McKinney (@mckmama77) on Nov 29, 2015 at 10:21am ...

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My week on Instagram. June 21 2015

Thank goodness a man was selling umbrellas at the Chinook train station.A photo posted by Angela Boyko (@angelamermaid) on Jun 17, 2015 at 2:22pm PDT I crocheted a blanket. Charlie approves.A photo posted by Angela Boyko (@angelamermaid) on Jun 21, 2015 at 2:14pm ...

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Guest starring ...

I interviewed my friend Susan for my artist website. She designs knitting patterns. Read it here. At some point in the near future, she will interview me. I would like to continue doing guest spots like this, for my artist website and for Enchanted Mermaid Treasures. If you would like to write a guest blog or be interviewed for one of these sites, let me know. Your subject matter needs to be art-related and/or mermaid related. You can write about...

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Noro waves scarf

I've finished a Noro waves scarf, and I love it. I used three different skeins of Noro Silk Garden, so that I could capture all of the colours of the rainbow. The pattern itself was easy to pick up. To knit it yourself, you'll need to know the knit stitch, how to do a yarn over, and how to drop yarn overs. Project on Ravelry Pattern on Ravelry (It's fre...

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3 tools that are improving my entrepreneurship

I never saw myself as an entrepreneur. I thought I would be a worker bee, settled into a comfortable hive somewhere. There are things in life beyond our control. Like your company laying off 400 people during a reorganization. Including you. When I found myself holding an envelope with details of my severance package, I had no idea of what was to come. I missed being a worker bee. As I started doing temp work to keep engaged in the labour market, I discovered something else. I missed being a queen bee. Because that's what it felt like, having...

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What's going on

I'm slowly putting together my artist website, Angela Boyko Art. Progress is slow because: I'm also looking for work I had a job interview yesterday! I'm also building a mermaid niche website at the same time I'm also constantly creating new products for Zazzle I went to Red Deer this weekend to celebrate my birthday I'm also learning SEO and marketing I'm also writing chapter 4 of my Crowen fanfiction Branching Out I have three cats that demand...

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Thank you, Leonard Nimoy

I had never been to a science fiction/fantasy/comic book convention prior to April 25, 2010. My buddy Phil, one of the organizers of the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, got me to go because Leonard Nimoy was going to be there and it was a Big Deal. He also said I should buy a photo op, because hello? Leonard. Nimoy. So I bought a one day pass and a photo op, This is what I blogged about my photo op with Leonard Nimoy: I stepped up, he put...

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