http://heatherhaley.com/onelife Life and times of Canadian poet, author, musican and media artist Heather Haley Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before they’re gone forever, and though I’m barely scratching the surface, here are a few other robust memories from my ten-day tenure at Sage Hill Writing Experience. July 19, 2010 I can’t believe I’m here! I couldn’t sleep the last few nights, in anticipation but I made it after an uneventful flight, ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=383 He’s back. Our resident Bowen Island bear has returned to our yard to play the Seed Game. Everybody around here is mad for sunflower seeds; squirrels, deer, dogs, bears, humans. And then there’s the vermin, the rats and mice. I don’t know how the Junkos, Towhees, Chickadees and Finches will ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=380 . . . and not very successfully for it's still flying by. Just walked the hounds, trying to get my energy up. I feel like I ran a marathon, muscles sore, achy. My bitch Brinda is eating dirt as I drain the hot tub, neighbourhood junkos and towhees using the ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=378 I'm blushing. . . . Hope to see you there.  :-) The announcement-invitation from Raincoaster Media: "Who: The Shebeen Club and the Siren of Howe Sound, Heather Haley What: A night of multimedia delights celebrating the recent publication of Three Blocks West of Wonderland. Go here for more information on the Shebeen Club. When: ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=376 Please help spread the word/call for entries. Please send in your videopoem by Sept. 1, 2010. See The Voice: VISIBLE VERSE 10th Anniversary Celebration & Festival Call for Entries and Official Guidelines: * Visible Verse seeks videopoems, with a 15 minutes maximum duration. * Either official language of Canada is acceptable, though if ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=374 Reeling after returning yesterday from the Sage Hill Writing Experience. I am now officially an experient! And honoured to be so. Man, I swear I’m a changed woman, all charged up and ready to complete the final draft of my novel. I think I must still be running on the ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=372 On a plane, heading to Sage Hill for 10 days of writing, editing and working on my fiction, book launch behind me.  Everything came together to form a fabulous, momentous occasion. Good crowd. I sold a swack of books!  At W2 Storyeum we were provided with a lovely, spacious room ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=369 I hope! Here I sit, looking past my screen out my window at the Strait of Georgia to the islands beyond, Mayne, Pender, Galiano, wishing I could appoint the trees and sky as muses but there is simply to much to attend to, book launch party-wise to get much writing ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=366 This from my recent conversation with Sean at a Thai restaurant on Commerical Drive. And I didn't say I'm an anarchist, I said I had anarchist tendencies. I do hold the conceit however that I am a "creative technofile." http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=365 Post Canada Day, feeling pretty happy, relieved that I was born here, considering how brutal life is in so many other countries. We’ve got the basics down, just need to fine tune. Post Olympics, many people go on about how difficult it is for Canadians to be patriotic. I think ... http://heatherhaley.com/onelife/?p=364