by Lauren Carter | Feb 7, 2019 | Contemplations, Nature, Seasons, Winter, Writing Life
Lately I’ve been thinking about faith. It’s hard not to when this winter has built itself so tightly around us, with record-breaking cold (-36 with the wind chill today) and a lot of snow for our place in the world. The other night, though, I had a dream...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 26, 2015 | Creativity, Novel, Process, Winter, Writing Life
I’m in the salt mine these days. Not that I’m complaining. How lucky am I to have the luxury to spend hours toiling in the underground caves of my own mind. But this stage is an odd one. Both exciting and irritating. It’s like having a compulsion:...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 19, 2015 | Contemplations, Manitoba, Music, Nature, outdoors, Seasons, The Pas, Winter
Last year, I worked for awhile with a guy who grew up in The Pas. We talked often about the danger of the place (not because of the people, but because of the sheer power of the surrounding wilderness). It was taking me awhile, I confessed, to get accustomed to the...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 12, 2015 | Contemplations, Manitoba, outdoors, Seasons, Swarm, The Pas, Winter, Writers, Writing Life
Ice-fishing is not unlike art-making. You go to your spot, drill down, drop a fine line and wait to haul a gleaming fish from the hidden current. Be careful, though. They’re slippery, these creatures, and you can fumble if you don’t concentrate, if you don’t know what...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 27, 2014 | Seasons, Swarm, Writing Life
Somebody on Facebook said that there are robins in Toronto. Really? This is the time of year that totally screws me up. Edging s.l.ow.l.y out of winter down south when up here, the snow has yet to start slumping and this morning it was forty below with the windchill....
