by PDR-Kellie | Jul 9, 2015 | Alberta, British Columbia, Family, First Nations, Manitoba, News, Saskatchewan, The Pas
My husband is reading The Road. You know, the post-apocalyptic Cormac McCarthy novel where the world is blanketed in ash and everything is burnt or burning. It’s a fitting setting for the situation in Western Canada this summer. To the south of us,...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 11, 2015 | First Nations, Manitoba, Novel, Process, Saskatchewan, TWUC, Writing Life
I’ve been back home for just over a week. So far, 2015 has been a bit of a whirlwind. You know this if you regularly read my blog, or follow me on Facebook, but I spent January and February at my mom’s place, helping ride the waves in the wake of my...
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...
