by PDR-Kellie | Oct 25, 2018 | Art, Creativity, Knitting, Manitoba, Process, Winnipeg, Writing Life
I’ve been thinking about fun lately. Seems strange, given the state of the world. Ugh. But something has shifted in me (if you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably read that before… insert self-deprecating chuckle here…) Maybe it’s the result of the last few years,...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 11, 2018 | Art, Books, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Events, Manitoba, Reading, Teaching, Winnipeg, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
My brain has been a free-wheeling swirl of colour and ideas lately. Not sure why. Seems, though, like I’m constantly jotting ideas into my notebook – for visual art, fabric art (I’m learning how to crochet while also playing with...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 27, 2018 | Creativity, Events, File Under Weird, Manitoba, Process, Readings, Winnipeg, Writers, Writing Life
Last Friday night seems so long ago. Since then, I’ve been catching what I can of the events at our city’s extraordinary writers’ festival and also trying to negotiate the rising, rollicking tides of anger I feel at what’s happening in the U.S....
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 20, 2018 | Art, Writing Life
This is a super-fast blog post in anticipation of my night in the haunted mansion tomorrow (aka The New Fantasmagoriana at Dalnavert House)… if you can’t come (starts at 4:30, tickets at the door) and you don’t hear from me ever again you’ll...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 13, 2018 | Events, Fiction, Manitoba, Readings, Winnipeg, Writers, Writing Life
The leaves are changing. Our yard is covered with curled, yellow maple leaves and fallen crab apples left for the blue jays and squirrels. The garden looks shabby, the muted purples and golds of narrow leaf sunflowers and purple asters punctuated by the crimson red...
