about Jane Tims
Hi. Welcome! Thank you for visiting.
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Please visit my Websites at
www.janetimsdotcom.wordpress.com
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I am a botanist and writer, living in New Brunswick, Canada.
I have been writing poetry for about thirty years. I have two poetry books (‘within easy reach’ 2016 and ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’ 2017, both with Chapel Street Editions), seven science fiction books in the Meniscus Series (independently published with CreateSpace and KDP), and one book, ‘How Her Garden Grew’, in the Kaye Eliot Mystery Series (KDP, 1919). I also have 84 poems, one magazine article, one short story and one review published in 23 literary journals. You can find my poetry in the Dalhousie Review, Galleon, New Quarterly, the Fiddlehead, The Antigonish Review, all rights reserved, The Cormorant, Whetstone, Green’s Magazine, Canadian Stories, The Amethyst Review, River Revue, and elsewhere.
I have rather diverse interests and these are reflected in my training. I have a B.A. in History and Anthropology, a B.Sc. in Biology (botany), and an M.Sc. in Biology (forest ecology). I am also a planner and was a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Provincial Planner.
I have been a member of the local writing group Wolf Tree Writers for almost 30 years. We meet monthly to read, write, and critique one another’s work.
I have also been a member of the writing group Fictional Friends for almost 15 years. We also meet monthly and often invite a local writer to attend our group and contribute to our learning. We have produced a chapbook of our writing (‘butter and eggs’ 2015).
I often include black and white pencil drawings with my writing and, sometimes, paintings in watercolour or acrylic. Visit my Gallery Pages to see my work.
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portrait by Scott Hamilton (artboy68) as part of his 100 portraits projectI practice my writing daily and this Blog has been a wonderful opportunity to work on my prose and poetry in themes, and to share my writing with more people. It has also helped me practice my drawing.
me, writing about nature, at the 2011 Maritime Writer’s Workshop (Photo courtesy Deborah Carr)
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Thank you for reading my Mothers Day Poem. I enjoy your beautiful artwork. beebeesworld
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beebeesworld
May 13, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Thanks! You write very well.
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jane tims
May 13, 2016 at 4:30 pm
Your drawings are lovely-thanks for reading my blog!
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beebeesworld
May 1, 2016 at 8:49 pm
Hi. Your writing is compelling because it is based in experience. Thanks! Jane
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jane tims
May 1, 2016 at 9:42 pm
Thanks for reading and commenting on my Blossom in the wind haiku-I enjoy your site and hope to read more-i have a hard time keeping up AND writing sometimes!! beebeesworld
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beebeesworld
July 20, 2013 at 11:37 pm
Hi. Keeping up is difficult. Keep up the writing!!! Jane
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jane tims
July 22, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Jane
I am an artist in Kentucky and I paint traffic lights. I would love your permission to paint the traffic lights in the fog. I will be showing my art in an exhibit in Savannah GA in Aug of this year. Please feel free to contact me. travelrv@hotmail. Would love to get started.
Jon
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Jon Walker
June 19, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Hi Jon. Yes, you have my permission. I’d love to see the finished piece. Those traffic lights greeted me every day on my way to work (I’m now retired and doing some paintings myself). Glad to help. Jane
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jane tims
June 21, 2013 at 9:36 am
I found your blog on Subhan Zain’s great fellow bloggers-we have a lot of common interest, botany, art, poetry, prose. Your blog is a resource in and of itself-impressive, beautiful, inspiring. I enjoyed viewing it, the chicory caught my eye-one of my favorites and so often over looked as a “weed” It is a beautiful and useful wild flower/plant. I will follow your blog and invite you to check mine out and follow it as well..beebeesworld.
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beebeesworld
July 24, 2012 at 8:51 am
Hi. Welcome. It’s nice to meet a kindred spirit. I’ll visit your blog too! Jane
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jane tims
July 24, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Hi Jane – I found your site looking for ideas how to draw reflection on water. I just wanted to say I love your pencil drawings! They are so delicate and beautiful. I am a like minded creative but my ideas are very much driven by educating children as I am a music teacher, and currently in the process of putting a video together about Mary Kingsley’s travels across West Africa. (I have a site http://www.songchest.com if you want to see the sort of thing I do. (Not a plug!) Anyway, thank you for the inspiration!
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Sam Dixon
March 14, 2012 at 7:13 am
Hi. I’m glad you like my drawings. Water is hard to draw and I find different artists take different approaches. I will go look at your site. Jane
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jane tims
March 14, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Hi Jane. I’ve just found your blog and love it. I enjoyed seeing you at the workshop on Monday; your shared experiences were very useful to me. I just started my own blog yesterday!!
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robbyrobinsjourney
February 9, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Hi! I am so glad you started your Blog. I will visit there and see what you are writing about. The course helped me a lot too, but I will probably never learn how to Tweet. Jane
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jane tims
February 10, 2012 at 6:49 am
Peaceful, pleasant, inviting poetry & drawings; very fine blog site…
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Lindy Lee
January 8, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Hi. Thanks for your comments! Welcome to my site. Jane
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jane tims
January 9, 2012 at 6:29 am
Very well done, Jane. Love your site. Thank you!
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df barker
December 30, 2011 at 10:16 am
Hello Jane, thank you for all of your wonderful posts. You are on my top favourite 15 blogs listed here: http://everedwater.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/versatile-blogger-award/ Keep up the good work, and I look forward to reading more!
Best wishes,
Eve
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Eve Redwater
December 12, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Hi Eve. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your vote of confidence! This is high praise because your poetry is some of the best I’ve read! Jane
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jane tims
December 12, 2011 at 9:25 pm
No kidding…I felt like I had found treasure after coming across your blog and taking a tour of your work! In a very real way, I have found treasure in my opinion! Thank you for sharing! I’ll certainly be back!
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sunontiepost
December 6, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Hi. I’m glad you enjoyed looking at my work. I’ll have a look at your site too! Jane
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jane tims
December 7, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Hi Jane
Just checked out your blog, very interesting. I subscribed.
I have a very young blog : oeriv.com
Mostly nature oriented
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Jim
November 8, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Hi Jim. I just looked at your blog and you have some interesting themes. I like your reminiscences.. they recall some of my own memories! Jane
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jane tims
November 8, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Hello Jane,
Thank you for visiting my blog and liking one of my poems. I appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
Best wishes,
Eve
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Eve Redwater
November 6, 2011 at 7:47 am
Hi Eve. I like your poems and I’ll be by to visit again! I’m sorry you can’t have a cat where you live. I’ll have another posting about my cat Zoe sometime soon. Jane
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jane tims
November 6, 2011 at 8:31 am
Loving the blog. I too find that blogging makes a perfect frame for poems and images. And Oh How I Love Canada!! A country of natural inspiration if there is one!
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adriennemariez
October 23, 2011 at 8:50 am
Hi. Do you know, we have a bird, the White Throat Sparrow, whose song is “I love dear Canada, Canada, Canada”? I hope to learn lots about Scotland from your posts! Jane
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jane tims
October 23, 2011 at 9:35 am
Jane is a most wonderful lady. I have interacted with Jane for a few years at work. Always pleasant and respectfull of others. Jane brings a smile and often a giggle with her to meetings in addtion to her insights and creative wisdom. Love your blogs Jane, you are an inspiration.
an old freind 🙂
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Russ
October 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Hi! Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like the Blog! Jane
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jane tims
October 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Hi Jane, I found your blog through Watching Seasons. Looking forward to reading your work.
Best wishes, from a poet in Wisconsin, USA!
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Ellen Grace Olinger
September 5, 2011 at 10:45 am
Hi Ellen. Welcome. I’ll have a look at your site too. We missed Wisconsin during our 2002 cross-Canada and USA car trip, but I was there when I was a little girl. Jane
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jane tims
September 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm
You can’t be stopped! A real blogging machine! 🙂
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JD
September 3, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hey Jane,
Love the blog. My favourite poem and picture combo is Jewel Weed. Not a plant that we studied in University, I always thought it was touch me not. There is an abandoned church close to our house and I think it would make for a good picture and source of inspiration. There are three graves there among the blue berries and the woods which are creeping back in. joanne
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joanne glynn
August 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Hi Joanne. You are right, Jewel Weed is also called Touch Me Not. I find the variety of names factinating and I love to know why they are named as they are. I’ll check out the church. Jane
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jane tims
August 18, 2011 at 9:26 pm