Shelly Sanders
The parallels between Stalin's Invasion of Latvia and Putin's Attack on Ukraine are Disturbing
I had no inkling of what was to come when I began writing about the Soviet invasion of Latvia during WWII for my latest novel. It was...
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Shelly Sanders
- May 12
- 6 min
FAMILY SECRETS ROOTED IN LATVIA
I decided it was time to investigate my Nana’s guarded past in 2017, when my son was exploring universities. She’d died when I...
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Shelly Sanders
- Sep 29, 2020
- 5 min
How Virtual Connections Improved My Focus
As the idea of quarantine became a reality, I decided there was no choice but to embrace it. Make the most of my enforced time at home....
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Shelly Sanders
- Jul 21, 2020
- 4 min
#VirtualTravelTuesday #JewishBookReview by Shelly Sanders
Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber Published by the National Geographic Society, 2007; 326 pages The...
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Shelly Sanders
- Mar 19, 2020
- 3 min
On the fourth day of avoidance
At the beginning of a pestilence and when it ends, there's always a propensity for rhetoric. In the first case, habits have not yet been...
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Essay in Canadian Jewish News (August 29, 2019)
- Nov 2, 2019
- 3 min
Discovering my family's secret Jewish roots
Though I’ve never lived in Montreal, it feels like home whenever I visit because it was a constant in my nomadic childhood. Both of my...
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Shelly Sanders
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
Rachel's Secret Chosen as One of Nine Challenging YA Books Set Amidst War & Global Crisis
Rachel's Secret, inspired by the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom, is on Ezvid Wiki's list of 9 YA books set amid war & crisis
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Shelly Sanders
- Jul 4, 2019
- 3 min
July 4: The Day the Synagogues Burned in Riga, Latvia
July 4 marks The Day of Remembrance in Riga, Latvia, where Holocaust survivors reunite to honour the victims of the synagogue burnings July
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Shelly Sanders
- May 9, 2019
- 4 min
Tracking Soviet Spirits in Riga, Latvia
“In Soviet times, you could get arrested or shot for staring at this monument,” Liga, our lanky guide for the Soviet tour of Riga,...
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Shelly Sanders
- Jan 2, 2019
- 2 min
Making & Breaking Resolutions
It’s the second day of 2019 and I haven’t been able to come up with any useful resolutions. When I look back on previous years, at...
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Shelly Sanders
- Aug 16, 2018
- 4 min
POLITICS & THE PRESS: The Challenges of Covering the Trump Administration
My timing couldn’t have been better. I arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, with my husband and son, the day Islanders Write began. It’s a free...
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Shelly Sanders
- Aug 13, 2018
- 3 min
GAMBLING ON A FAMILY VACATION
I should have known better. I should have known the odds of all three of our children materialising for a family vacation were around a...
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Shelly Sanders
- Jun 16, 2018
- 7 min
A TUTORING TALE
The year my oldest daughter went away to university, I decided to become a volunteer tutor for at-risk kids, with the Halton Children’s...
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Shelly Sanders
- Dec 7, 2017
- 2 min
Skipping Gifts
This year, we’re bucking tradition and going away for the holidays. It will be the first time in my life I’m not home, and even though...
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Shelly Sanders
- Aug 23, 2017
- 4 min
Four (Difficult) Steps to Better Writing
Despite the glut of articles and on-line sites offering, “Tips for creating a bestselling series,” or, “How to write a bestseller in 30...
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