Tnrilled to be included in issue no.305 @fiddlehd.bsky.social Many thanks to @saleema.bsky.social for all her kind and thoughtful edits. There are so many great contributions in this issue, including 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Shelley Pacholok.

Writing Distractions 101

How many small businesses in rural Canada can say they’ve been in continuous operation for 89 years? If you are near Pincher Creek this summer, come and check out Blackburn Jewellers. It’s amazing and the owner, Doris Blackburn, is a delight. #southernAlberta

On the eve of Danielle’s Smith’s town hall on coal mining.

We will drink dust I suppose. #ableg

Met some new friends and had a whole lotta great writing time in the forest.Thank you Federation of BC Writers for tolerating this interloper from Alberta at your annual retreat. And @franceslpeck.bsky.social for the new book !

@bryanmortensen.bsky.social @genevievewynand.bsky.social

If you are looking for a nonfiction read that’ll leave you inspired, wiser and sobbing like a baby, look no further than @juliesedivy.bsky.social latest masterpiece. #writingcommunity #canlit

January afternoon writing vibes in the Canadian north.

Today was a stunner.

We golf together once a year—- through gullies, snowdrifts and beauty. It’s cold as fuck and good preparation for the year ahead. #2025

Can’t stop—wont stop —revising this manuscript. #writing

I don’t know about you, but I’m liking the rose coloured lens of the world these days. #betterdaysahead

Some big blue Alberta sky—and my two guys— for this new Blue Sky-y app thing. Looking forward to being part of a positive space with you. #writingcommunity