I chatted with Connie Osgood recently. Being a retired teacher, she was succinct with her words. I supposed you have to be to be able to keep the attention of kids… and interviewers.
I hope you enjoy her interview as much as I did in interviewing her.
[Featured Artwork: “Out Of The Blue” by Connie Osgood.]
Chatting with Edmonton-based fine artist John Labots will take you places you never thought you’d go. It will force you to reflect on and ponder some of the many things you take for granted in life.
And that’s a good thing.
I hope you enjoy our unique conversation as much I did.
[Featured Artwork: “Tell-Industria” by John Labots.]
This post marks the one-year anniversary for this website. Instead of writing a new story, I thought it would be interesting to reflect back on the last year of Saturday Morning Stories.
I’ve written 50 stories over the past year (I took one week off and this week would have been 52). I’ve enjoyed writing them, but there are certainly stories that stick out more than others in my mind.
So, here is a list of my top five stories from the last year (in alphabetical order) and why I enjoyed the story so much.
If you haven’t read any the stories on this list, I encourage you to do so as a starting point for catching up. And, if you have already read some or all of them, I encourage you to re-read them. I’m sure you’ll discover a new detail you missed the first time.
Continue readingIt was a pleasure to chat with Calgary-raised artist Brie Adkins.
You might be tempted to call her the Mural Queen of Entwistle — the town of about 400 in west-central Alberta — given how many she’s painted in town in her nearly seven years living there.
But she’s so much more than that and I hope our chat demonstrates that!
[Featured Artwork: Evansburg mural by Brie Adkins.]
I had a very enjoyable conversation with Jori Warren. She was joined by her one-year-old Maltese-Westie cross named Artie “because art paid for him”.
Born and raised in Edmonton, Jori has had a long career leveraging her creativity in her many, varied jobs. Ultimately, her creativity led to her officially becoming an artist, creating her own brand of unique piece… and she hasn’t looked back.
[Featured Artwork: “Birthday Money… 1867″ by Jori Warren. 32″ x 60”]
Our 8-year-old daughter recently brought home her free-writing journals from her Grade 2 class. I was reading through her ever-creative prose and found myself chuckling to myself at some of her imaginative creativity.
Today’s fictional story was written — and illustrated — by her with some edits from me and has absolutely nothing to do with being married to an artist. It is, however, directly connected to being the daughter of a storyteller, for better or worse.
It’s short, sweet, and there is no exaggeration. Simply, it’s her personal writing style at eight years old. Enjoy.
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