by Lauren Carter | May 9, 2019 | Manitoba, News, Ontario, Pets, Poetry, Readings, The Pas, Workshops, Writing Life
I was up in The Pas last week, teaching, sharing Following Sea, seeing some old friends, and – it turns out – helping rescue a kitten. Meet Merlin (named more for the hawk, than the wizard, but seeing how he worked his magic, I think the moniker fits)....
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 6, 2017 | Family, Manitoba, Mowat, News, Summer, The Pas, Writing Life
I just remembered it’s Thursday, my blog day. Sitting in our empty house, in the dining room where Griffy peed all over the floor when it was just plywood and studs and we’d gone away for a few weeks (our poor cat-sitters…). Mowat’s beside me,...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 29, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Family, File Under Weird, Knitting, Manitoba, Mowat, News, Novel, Pets, Teaching, The Pas, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Well, here we go: after four and a half years in the beautiful north, we are saying ‘see you later’ to The Pas. Last weekend, in the midst of packing boxes and preparations for our yard sale, J. got a call and, to make a long story short, early this week...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 22, 2017 | Creativity, Family, Manitoba, Mowat, Nature, News, Novel, Process, Summer, The Pas, Writing Life
Yesterday, J. and I signed the papers at the lawyer’s office. It’s official: our house is sold! We have to be out of here by July 8th (gulp!) and while that’s a wee bit, um, stressful, the universe does seem to be smiling upon us. Through a couple random turns of...
by PDR-Kellie | May 4, 2017 | Creativity, Family, Manitoba, Mowat, Nature, News, outdoors, Poetry, Process, Seasons, The Pas, Writing Life
So, spring. Change in the air. Our backyard a sudden chaos of birdsong: the chattering boat-tailed grackles, the red-winged blackbirds shrieking as they puff out their red patches, the sweet chirping of the robins. Yesterday, I took Mowat for a run on a dyke further...
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)...
