by PDR-Kellie | Mar 17, 2016 | Contemplations, First Nations, Issues, Manitoba, News, People, The Pas
“We need a … youth complex, a youth centre, somewhere for the kids to go and hangout and have some fun,” the hockey coach in Pimicikamak Cree Nation (Cross Lake) told CBC last week. “There are no arts, music, dance or self-defence programs,...
by PDR-Kellie | Aug 28, 2014 | Contemplations, Issues, The Pas
Last week, when J. and I were back in Ontario, we spent two hours one afternoon looking (in part) for gluten-free Worcestershire sauce. It seemed ridiculous, and yet familiar. Often, when we lived there, we would find ourselves setting out on hours-long missions to...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 10, 2014 | Art, First Nations, Issues, Manitoba
Last week, J. and I, along with his sister and mom, who were visiting from Ontario, climbed in the car and went up to Flin Flon. It was the final day of the Walking With Our Sisters exhibit, which I’ve wanted to see since hearing that it was coming to our area...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 19, 2014 | British Columbia, Contemplations, Going Green, Issues, Nature, Swarm
What I thought about yesterday morning, as I opened up the new package of dental floss with a special weave so it won’t break, is how so much of our human ingenuity and our diminishing energy supplies goes towards making new stuff that will appeal to the...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 27, 2014 | Issues, Manitoba, The Pas, Writing Life
Last Saturday, at the Storytellers Film Festival, a short film called eu-tha-na-sia screened. Made by multidisciplinary artist Jani Lauzon, the film follows the feet of a girl leaving her territory, going to residential school, spending time on urban streets and...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 13, 2014 | Issues, Pets, The Pas, Writing Life
J. and I are animal lovers. Combined we’ve had five dogs, eleven cats, four parakeets, four geckos, two iguanas and a robin with a broken leg that J. spent a summer helping heal before teaching it to catch its own worms and finally, fly off. Our cat came to us two...
