I spent the last 8 days in Medicine Hat taking a low fire salt and soda firing workshop with Andrew Kellner from Ontario along with 9 others. Wow! What a place. An amazing facility, great artist residence to stay in and interesting history I knew nothing about. Even got a tour of Plainsman Clay. It was hot as hell too!
Katherine Panchuk got ahold of me this week to see if I had anything to donate to her son Liam’s fundraiser for his play that is the only local one accepted to the Fringe this year so I gave her these. I hope they sell!
This weekend I stayed with Lee and did a 2 day songwriting workshop with John. It was held at CASA in Lethbridge. Beautiful facility, 22 people and an interesting lesson on how he approaches song writing. I really enjoyed it.
Saw Ryland Moranz perform with his bluegrass duo at the brewpub last night and went out for supper w Lee, John, Jenny and Charlie tonight. Great fun and a great way to explore another avenue of creativity.
“Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont”
-“Moonlight in Vermont”
Blackburn & Suessdorf
“I sing because I’m happy
I sing because I’m free
His eye is in the sparrow
And I know He watches me”
-“His Eye Is On The Sparrow”
Martin & Gabriel
“I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all”
-“Both Sides Now”
Joni Mitchell
“Orange Colored (Prairie) Sky”
-Delugg & Stein
I finished another tutoring session today. Much delayed because of my late start and my week off to go to Calgary, but it was so very good again. Really enjoyed William, Mohammed, Wejdan, Georgia, Winson and Kyle. Hope to do it again in the fall.
Fighting off a terrible cold/laryngitis and did a Brain Cancer Walk for Margot last weekend.
The long awaited summer weather looks to have finally arrived. 🤞🏼
