by Lauren Carter | May 30, 2019 | Books, Gardening, Nature, Novel, Process, Publications, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
This past Monday, I went to the Best Book Launch Ever for my friend Ariel Gordon’s book Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forest. I laughed, I cried (thanks to Erna Buffie’s beautiful, generous and true introduction). I ate tree, acorn, leaf cookies made by...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 21, 2018 | Books, Creativity, Giveaways, Guest Posts, Ontario, Process, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
Magical Juggling by Jennifer Farquhar Mother to three kids, one of whom is a night-nursing toddler. Half-time elementary school teacher. Squeezing in work late at night until my eyes burn, because there’s no other time to do it. Every single one of the readers here...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 20, 2017 | Food, Health, Issues, News, Recommended, Research
I’m in the midst of a physical and mental transformation. Don’t worry: I’m not getting plastic surgery or starting a religion. Instead, I’m figuring out how to eat in order to shrink. You see, over the past couple of years I’ve gotten a...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 13, 2017 | Art, Books, Contemplations, Creativity, Events, Poetry, Process, Readings, Recommended, The Pas, Writers, Writing Life
It’s poetry month, and I’ve been doing NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). Each morning, I grab my phone, check out the day’s prompt, ignore the prompt (usually) and then write a poem or three. Most of them are about my brother (big surprise)...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 6, 2017 | Alberta, Animals, Mowat, Nature, Pets, Recommended, Saskatchewan, Travel, Writing Life
J. and I took our show on the road last week and went to Alberta. We drove through crazy weather – freezing rain interspersed with blizzard – before popping out into sunshine. At a hobby farm outside Edmonton, we hunkered down and did a whole lot of...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 2, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Issues, Knitting, Process, Recommended, United States, World, Writers, Writing Life
Well, now. How’s everybody doing? A little bit of this? A touch of this? Yeah; I hear you. I’m not sure what to say. I could reiterate my own outrage; I could talk about fascism; I could point you to this excellent (and, yes, frightening) article by David...
