Lifelines and Deadlines

Norma Bidwell has been associated with the Hamilton Spectator for more than 50 years, delighting readers with her treasured recipes, sharing her passion for cooking with countless readers over the years.

But Norma is also an accomplished storyteller, and over the years she has jotted down notes in her little blue book, not only notes about her years at The Spectator, but those precious times with family, those wonderful trips to the cottage, and bit and bytes about life with a computer.

In Lifelines & Deadlines, Norma converts those notes to a fascinating collection of stories filled with warmth, humour and emotion as she writes about juggling family life with the demands of a daily newspaper.