by PDR-Kellie | Jul 31, 2014 | Mowat, Saskatchewan, Seasons, Summer
This: And this: And this: And that’s about all, for now…. Next week, hear from Marguerite Pigeon, the author of Inventory, Open Pit, and the forthcoming Some Extremely Boring Drives (as well as a high school friend of mine from Blind River) on the...
by PDR-Kellie | May 21, 2014 | Manitoba, Ontario, Poetry, Readings, Saskatchewan, The Pas, Writers, Writing Life
For the past two weeks, I’ve spent my days gazing out a wide window at the Qu’Appelle Valley, watching the highway move cars up/down the hill, to/from Regina, and walking the road onto wide prairie, under the huge, changeable sky. We’ve done amazing...
by PDR-Kellie | May 15, 2014 | Nature, Poetry, Saskatchewan, Writing Life
This morning, the magpie took me out of my dream. Squawking and stalking the grass under the hydro stand where the owl sat, hooting, hotly seeking a mate. I was not anywhere in the west at that moment, my mind watching the smoulder of a stump turning to ash on the...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 10, 2014 | Books, History, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Writers
My husband remembers his grandmother telling him that when she moved east to northern Ontario from the wide, bald prairie, she would climb trees. I know why now. Born and raised on a farmstead in Saskatchewan, she mustn’t have seen many. Located south of Regina, this...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 30, 2013 | Contemplations, Recommended, Saskatchewan, The Pas, Writing Life
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about Saskatoon. How pretty it is; how artsy. So it was exciting for J. and I to drop Mowat off at the local kennel, arrange a cat-sitter so Griffy could maintain the lifestyle to which she’s become accustomed and head...
