Is your paddle clean and bright? Oh man…KEEN and bright? I have been singing this song wrong my whole life.

It’s turning into spring and I’m wearing shorts and I don’t think I can remember ever having been so ready for warm weather. I want to go camping and biking and swimming and paddling through lakes.

Speaking of which, this necklace is based loosely on my painting of Pierre Trudeau’s canoe – the one [...]

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to the Ontario Arts Council – today it turns 50!

Last year I was lucky enough to receive a Writers’ Reserve grant to research the novel I’m working on right now, but I was just one of the 1, 681 artists and 1, 125 organizations (including Supercrawl) their fundung [...]

High-waisted

More suspenders. These ones are a little longer but still adjustable.

I’ve got a new attachement mechanism on these guys. I was having a hard time finding anything other than the sharp-toothed clasps I used on the last pair and wasn’t entirely confident said clasps would hold over the course of a day.

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Go east young man…

Hey there! I’m featured on Halifax Crafters‘ website today.

Head over to read all about it and check out the other amazing crafters who are going to be there. I don’t know where you are in the world, but next weekend? Next weekend Halifax is the place the be. I’m [...]

There`s a land…

…there`s also a lot of poetry out there. Much of it I hate. A little of it I love, love, love.

I love Bren Simmers. I love Jim Carroll. I love Al Purdy. I love Lizzie Derksen. I love C.R. Avery and I love Tanya Davis.

I love Robert Service. My first encounter with [...]