Cozy toes and Winterfires

Am I allowed to say that i'm really... tired of winter? It is cold and -30 here today and i'm pretty sure the calendar says that it is March 1. To combat my cold weather blues

i'm going to post this picture of my feet wearing of pair of socks I knitted while gazing into a cozy fire. It isn't that I have alot to complain

about.
This winter I attended a self-directed creative residency. My late father's last gift to me came in the week I was to write a cheque to cover my portion of it...so I decided to focus on the symbolic theme of connections during my time. Wow! Talk about a nice break from

reality….a yummy breakfast waiting for me each day, a handy gym and my

amazing space

where I had time to dream and create. I just know that that time was for planting a few creative writing seeds that will grow forward over time....into my first book of poetry and short stories... In January

I also won a Saskatchewan based CBC Radio "Canada Reads"

contest. I paired my song "Highway" from my debut album

with the moving and brilliant novel by the late author

Carol Shields titled "Unless". Truth be told…I don't enter contests...I tend to think that competition is for horses...not artists….I read that quote somewhere once and it stuck with me... and I don't ask the wonderful people who support me musically to support me musically. But believe me..it is awesome when they do.

I guess this is a time of hibernation but first…some cozy toes and tea are in order.