by PDR-Kellie | Nov 5, 2015 | Alberta, Books, Firelight Interview Series, Poetry, Writers, Writing Life
I met Calgary poet Micheline Maylor in a monastery overlooking the Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan. Sage Hill, of course. Every morning, early, I’d wander out to the lounge to get a cup of coffee and she’d be there, awake and writing. Then, when I...
by PDR-Kellie | May 28, 2015 | Alberta, Art, Manitoba, Novel, Teaching, The Pas, Workshops, Writer-in-Residence, Writing Life
By the time you read this, I’ll be leaving on a jet plane. Bye, bye, Calgary, forever known to me now – my friend M. said Monday night over a meal of olives, oysters, devilled eggs, pork belly, purple cabbage slaw, strawberry-basil cheesecake, cocktails, and...
by PDR-Kellie | May 21, 2015 | Alberta, Animals, Books, Nature, Novel, Process, Seasons, Writers, Writing Life
The world has changed while I’ve been here. Last year, I saw the spring arrive in Saskatchewan, while writing poetry for two weeks at the Sage Hill retreat. This year, it’s Calgary, where the leaves have begun glowing as if lit by an internal light, as Ian McEwan...
by Lauren Carter | Apr 23, 2015 | Alberta, Contemplations, Knitting, Teaching, Workshops, Writer-in-Residence, Writing Life
I’m learning how to knit. Last weekend, I went to the first of two classes. Sitting on a slouchy sofa, I awkwardly gripped my bamboo needles and attempted to follow along with the instructor. It felt really, really weird. Halfway through, I sighed, leaned back...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 16, 2015 | Alberta, Research, Writer-in-Residence, Writers, Writing Life
This morning, I started writing my blog post and it turned into a three-page long addition to a scene in my novel. That’s the way it works, lately: sometimes I’ll get a snippet, two sentences, a little bit of dialogue, to be added to the writing...
