by PDR-Kellie | Aug 11, 2016 | Contemplations, Creativity, First Nations, History, Manitoba, Nature, Otherworldly, outdoors, Scotland, Summer, Travel, Writing Life
Life has been busy since we got home from Scotland. We’re finishing renovations that won’t get done during the school year (we, as in J. and some hired help), I’m working a lot at the library and we’re squeezing in trips on the weekends. This...
by PDR-Kellie | Aug 14, 2014 | Ontario, Orillia, Seasons, Summer, Swarm, The Pas, Writing Life
Today is the third day of rain since J. and I arrived in central Ontario. When we took Mowat for a walk this morning, we could smell mould on the forest floor, and up the street, the house on the corner is covered in overgrown ivy. It’s like a rain-forest here,...
by PDR-Kellie | Jul 31, 2014 | Mowat, Saskatchewan, Seasons, Summer
This: And this: And this: And that’s about all, for now…. Next week, hear from Marguerite Pigeon, the author of Inventory, Open Pit, and the forthcoming Some Extremely Boring Drives (as well as a high school friend of mine from Blind River) on the...
by PDR-Kellie | Jun 25, 2008 | Orillia, Pretty Pictures, Seasons
Today is the last day of school in my neck of the woods. And what that means is that my dear husband will soon be wandering around the house, watching DVD episodes of long-cancelled TV shows in the middle of the afternoon and generally attempting to find something to...