7 days until victoria. i've been so excited for so long about the upcoming week that i can't believe it's almost here. and i feel so unprepared. luckily, i didn't commit myself to giving a lecture at the conference otherwise the freaking out would be starting, oh, about now. it's more of a learning experience than anything to go to this. maybe i'll give a talk next year. i haven't done that for so long now...
it's amazing how driving tires you out so much. i've spent like 20 hours in total in a car/truck in the past week and it's absolutely exhausting. luckily i've had good driving buddies that entertain me or else let me sleep or read if that's what i want.
visited writing on stone provincial park in Alberta this past weekend (it was part of work...how cool is that?) and was moved. the place vibrates with energy. the unturned prairie waves softly in the breeze, looking like green glossy velvet from afar. the sweet smell of sage permeates the space while the sound of bird calls fills the air. we went on a tour of the petroglyphs thought to be etched into the rock hundreds or thousands of years ago by the Blackfoot people, or more correctly their spirits/gods. a Blackfoot man was out guide and it was so very amazing. i'm still moved when i think about it. the pics come back tomorrow, maybe i'll put some up. we didn't have much time for indivual exploration unfortunately, so my planned tour of the hoodoos was kayboshed. but i did crawl up in a couple of them to take some pics. to my disappointment, i didn't get to see any rattlesnakes, but i think that JJ and i will head out there for some camping sometime in the near future.
it's amazing how driving tires you out so much. i've spent like 20 hours in total in a car/truck in the past week and it's absolutely exhausting. luckily i've had good driving buddies that entertain me or else let me sleep or read if that's what i want.
visited writing on stone provincial park in Alberta this past weekend (it was part of work...how cool is that?) and was moved. the place vibrates with energy. the unturned prairie waves softly in the breeze, looking like green glossy velvet from afar. the sweet smell of sage permeates the space while the sound of bird calls fills the air. we went on a tour of the petroglyphs thought to be etched into the rock hundreds or thousands of years ago by the Blackfoot people, or more correctly their spirits/gods. a Blackfoot man was out guide and it was so very amazing. i'm still moved when i think about it. the pics come back tomorrow, maybe i'll put some up. we didn't have much time for indivual exploration unfortunately, so my planned tour of the hoodoos was kayboshed. but i did crawl up in a couple of them to take some pics. to my disappointment, i didn't get to see any rattlesnakes, but i think that JJ and i will head out there for some camping sometime in the near future.
I was working on a theatre/dance show at the Anne Portnuff theatre in Yorkton. Melville itself was fairly, um, flat, hot, and boring. (not knowing anybody didn't help.)
Two things about rural Sask. stick out in my mind. 1) there were tonnes of grasshoppers. I dunno if there was a locust invasion last summer, but the buggers were everywhere. 2) There are a lot of old cars still on the road in Sask. (my buddy Tom told me it's because the province doesn't use salt on the roads. cool, because I got to drive around in a 1957 Pontiac for four weeks.
Have fun in Vic!
K