by Lauren Carter | Nov 29, 2018 | Animals, Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Mowat, Pets, Process, Writing Life
It’s been a wacky couple of weeks. J. and I both sick with the cold from h, e, double hockey sticks. A lump on Mowat’s back that the vet determined to be a tumour that had to be cut out and sent for further testing (still waiting for results). Then, because he’s Mowat...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 5, 2018 | Creativity, Internet, Knitting, Manitoba, Mowat, Nature, Writing Life
Despite the Arctic airmass that’s been hanging over us, plunging temperatures into the minus double digits, spring is coming. The snow is ever-so-slowly receding towards the forest shadows, the geese are returning, and the other day I saw a seagull soar over our...
by PDR-Kellie | Dec 24, 2015 | Animals, Events, Family, Pets, Seasons
Right about now, a lot of us could probably use a good laugh, so check out this video that made me howl until I cried when my sister posted it on Facebook (and it’s for a good cause!). [youtube width=”440″...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 13, 2014 | Pets, The Pas, Toronto
Last July, when J. and I were in Toronto, we took Mowat to an off-leash park on a beach in the east end. Despite the fact that it was about 800 degrees out, there weren’t many people or dogs around, but one woman was hurling a Frisbee into the waves for her...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 13, 2014 | Issues, Pets, The Pas, Writing Life
J. and I are animal lovers. Combined we’ve had five dogs, eleven cats, four parakeets, four geckos, two iguanas and a robin with a broken leg that J. spent a summer helping heal before teaching it to catch its own worms and finally, fly off. Our cat came to us two...
