by Lauren Carter | Mar 22, 2018 | Creativity, Family, Knitting, Process, Suicide, Tim, Writers, Writing Life
For the past few nights I’ve been waking up at 1:13 a.m. In the spare room, I’ve kept a sort of vigil – reading, thinking, crying, making lists of things I have to do, trying to make plans. If I’m lucky, I’ll write. On Saturday night, I...
by PDR-Kellie | Dec 14, 2017 | Creativity, Family, News, Novel, Poetry, Process, Seasons, Suicide, Teaching, Tim, Winter, Writers, Writing Life
So, it’s been a bit of a rough week, and I’ve got nothing to complain about. Apart from being closed up in my countryside cloister due to a broken-down car, great things have been happening. I’ve pretty much filled my pilot course (one spot is left,...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 9, 2017 | Contemplations, Creativity, Family, Manitoba, Nature, Novel, Poetry, Prizes, Process, Suicide, Tim, Travel, Winnipeg, Writers, Writing Life
Last spring, and earlier, in the previous winter and fall, I wrote some poems about my brother. One came in the night, in a tent, camped on the rocky shore of the arm of Simonhouse Lake that leads into Second Cranberry as J. and I were pushing into wilderness on a...
