It's cold, and windy, and getting darker out ( Read more... )

It's raining. A corner of my tent, my house for so many months of the year, is sitting on a balloon like pad of water, so far it hasn't soaked through. I'm in Alberta, the land of oil, cattle, blistering sun and torrential rain. Since coming here the skin on my ankles, and the backs of my hands has started peeling away. I just left horrible bugs, ( Read more... )

Today was rough. Money was less than I've been making lately, and the conditions outside were unfriendly. It's hard being out here on these kinds of days, I haven't much to keep my spirits up, and high spirits are what keep you moving ( Read more... )

work emails have begun, and I'm trying to lay my work season out for next year. Another year where I'm on the road more than settled, where I pay rent only while it's snowing, another year of toil, struggle, bug bites, sunshine, rain storms, and time in my head, time by myself ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I'm off to live in Manitoba, another province, a lovely apartment, the best of company. It's full on winter and I'm pretty much in full hibernation. Sleep is my biggest propriety right now.

I just want to observe, that working and living out of motels is a lonely way to live.

My 8 month exodus from Ontario ends today, arriving in Toronto at midnight. Been quite the time. I'm more than ready to leave the west, I've seen all kinds of lovely things since coming in febuary, had all kinds of deeply emotional shared encounters, greatly increased my level of experience in my field of work and generally grown as a person ( Read more... )

My head feels cracked. Today I gathered eagle feathers And black berries beside a river in a mountain valley in port alberni. Good friends and beautiful scenery. 3 or 4 days ago I was crying in a fill block off somewhere in central western Alberta, sleeping in rigger motels and contemplating loneliness. In less than a week I'm going to turn 25 on ( Read more... )

I'm on a ferry! Right now! Going to Vancouver island.
On a brief vacation in between planting contracts. 2 days ago I was in Winnipeg, freaking out over concrete and space. Now I'm floating over the ocean to camp by the beach and face key elements of my heart.

WINNIPEG!
Work options? Varied and country spanning.
One planting season down. Undefined ways to spend the next two months.
And then I'm moving to
WINNPEG!