Susan Archive
Groundhog
In addition to this being Groundhog Day, it’s also a Snow Day. They do it sensibly out here. Schools are closed. Liquor stores are open. Driving’s tough. A lot of all-season radials are crying on off-ramps. Fools! Even the good drivers stay put -a sensible caution-wanting to avoid the panicked drivers and the silly little [...]
Day 5
A long but spectacular drive yesterday. Arrived very late, missed dinner, ate some ill-advised food on the ferry. I say ill-advised food because if someone told it that someday it could become food, they were wrong. Nice drive out to Ruckles Provincial Park, and a very refreshing walk by the ocean. Saw an otter in [...]
Deliveries
A great day for waiting by the door. Two deliveries, each long anticipated. Surprising me pleasantly was the delivery of a new travel coffee-maker, followed by the delivery of a quilt my cousin made for me. The coffee maker will save me from bad coffee on the road, and the worst of the bad (my [...]
let me in
I had occasion today to talk to a lovely and patient man in another part of the world. I reached him in a circuitous way, by means of several 1-800 numbers and many, many touch-tones. Why? I forgot a password. One of 60 passwords, it turns out. I know the exact number because I opened [...]
A day unlike others
It was my birthday recently, and it was a good one. It started with sleeping until I woke. It’s true that I do that most mornings, but it’s especially sweet on a birthday. Even if it’s the same old 7:30 to which I’m accustomed, it’s a joy. There was exuberance in my partner as she [...]
Turn it off
Yesterday I walked in the woods. The snow – fresh fallen on a few days accumulation – was ideal for snow shoeing. I managed to spend a couple of hours off path, exploring parts of the woods that are new to me. Places unattainable after the brush has filled in and the ticks are out. [...]
Shiny toys
In a time long gone and almost slipped from memory, I owned a cassette tape recorder that served the purpose of catching bits of melody that were in danger of fading from consciousness. It ran on an AC adaptor or two AA batteries. It was cheap. Tapes were cheap. Short of a reel-to-reel recorder, this [...]
A book found – a lost gem
“The Pillow Book” by Sei Shonagon – it was to this book I referred in my recent blog about lists. What was lost is found. Thank-you, Jo Edgett, for wrangling this book back to me. Beautiful Jo. On things lost and returned I can spend hours of thought. There’s one great loss to which I return [...]
List of lists…and some listening.
Years ago, I flipped through a book at a friend’s house and have since regretted not buying my own copy. It was a books of lists written many years ago, if I recall, by a Japanese woman of noble birth. The noble birth was what allowed her, I suppose, to spend years writing lists. Likes, [...]
Blogging from afar
I’ll be out of town for a few days, but hope to have access to a computer to stay in touch. Thanks to Mad Celt for the addition of this blog on her Salon site. You can find it here, and it’s worth the visit: http://open.salon.com/blog/madcelt Hoping to post a player on the website so that [...]
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Often described as a "writer's writer", Susan Crowe is one of Canada's most respected singer songwriters in the folk genre. At once complex, challenging and accessible, Susan's intelligent and moving songs have captivated audiences and reviewers from coast to coast, continent to continent. She possesses, in the words of Britain's Folk Roots magazine, "that rare ability of crafting a lyric that bears scrutiny on its own terms." That rare ability has earned her two Juno nominations, and nominations from both the West Coast and East Coast Music Awards.
PRESS SHOTS
RANKIN, CHURCH, & CROWE PRESS SHOT
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