Ooph it's been a while!
I'm still here in Wishart, though sadly I only have three weeks left here. I've decided to go home for Christmas afterall..I always come around...and then I will be living in Calgary for a few of these winter months. I'm nervous to leave this community and go back to the city, but I'm excited at the same time. I look forward to meeting a new community of creative young people, and to dance parties, and to nearby wine, and to having friends over for dinner, and to wearing highheels. And I can bring my new skills with me. I can still bake beautiful breads and sew myself skirts and can whatever's in season. Yes, I look forward to all these fast things, though I will miss the nightime walks in the dark...with only the stars providing light! and making me feel as if the road I'm on is the only thing strung through the galaxy like this, like a ribbon.
But Calgary will be fresh and keep me excited until late spring or so when I plan to head east. There is an old style maple syrup farm that does all the collecting by horseback in Quebec so I will probably be there around May to help with the main harvest time. Then I'm thinking of heading over to Nova Scotia to work with this family to learn how to make artisan cheeses.
Then after that, oh who knows! I've been thinking of going back to France and Italy lately. Maybe that will be a fall project.
Oh! I forgot to say! Tara's dad and I are doing a documentary for SCN about the outsider's view of Saskatchewan. There will be shots of the community and of me exploring old houses and fields, and then my thoughts and ideas will be dubbed over it. I'm also writing the music for it so that should be fun. I'll let you know when it's airing in case you're interested.
Okay, here is a little video from a week or so ago. It's of a pond down the street and some wagon wheels that I found. It's gotten quite a bit colder since then, but still not below -15, so that's nice. Yesterday they cleared the snow off the pond down the street so that we can start skating! I can't waitttttt
miss you all,
and hope to see some of you in Vancouver at Christmastime
xoxo
love
Laura
