Anywhoo, speaking of Harvest, there is a “baby harvest” going on right now with everyone. Geeze. It’s the main topic of conversation these days. But a word out to my peeps that are prego. Ha, it must be something in the water. It started no doubt with Pamela, with child. Whoot, whoot for the up and coming babykins.
How cool that a lot of my best friends have or are all having babies! While here, I got a call from Candace and Dave. The last thing I expected to hear- I heard. “Candace is pregnant” amazing because it was tricky there! Dave tells me that this is the kind of thing that happens when you buy a Vanigan… and spend the entire summer in the shaggin wagon. Miracles. (Nine long hair friends of Jesus in a Chartreuse mini bus)
When they told me, I think all the hair on my body stood on end and I had one of those shivers and tears welling up in my eyes, and it just felt so good and right. It is the natural course of events for them. I CAN’T believe however that for an entire three day novel contest locked in a house in extreme close quarters and breathing down each others necks, NOBODY said anything about a BABY! How well those kids kept up the secret! And we eve drove around in the shaggin wagon and not a word… those sneakers!
I mean it really is a miracle.
AHHHHHH….. Here is the baby:
The next day at about 7 am my little sister Kerstin called me.
I said, “ You wont believe it guess who’s pregnant!” and she said “Me!”
Kerstin is going to have another baby! No doubt there will be another girl in the long line of girls already kicking around our family! I have no doubt this is going to be yet another girl. It is my early prediction.
And then today I noticed as I checked Facebook, my cousin Karl Johnson is going to be a papa! And again, how freakin cool is that!
My darling Ajay’s baby will arrive in January, yeah mama Maninder and Papa Jasbir! Whoot whoot! ) Especially whoot whoot for Julie!!!!!!!
So all in all, many babies on the horizon!
Rita is getting married the week after next and well, who knows! In the spring I will be surrounded by babies, babies, babies! Bliss!
This month has been amazing. I have met the most amazing people. Jeska and Derek and I hung out quite a bit, spent Thanksgiving all together.
We have had hikes and beach sessions and hang outs. They are off to Europe now, Paris and then Barcelona as Derek has an art show there. They will be back to Haida Gwaii in January and I wait for that expectantly, I had such a great time with them. Also one of the very beautiful people Jeska brought into my life was Erin who came up here to Haida Gwaii on invitation to do a workshop with the Carvers here in town (Masset) and in Skidegate.
What a delightful person to have the opportunity to meet. Wow, I hope to see her again up here in the future, and look forward to seeing her art.
Jeska and I in particular had quite the adventure one Friday night here in Masset.
Erin Sandulo who manages Alaska View in the summer season has been up here in Haida Gwaii this past week and it has been cool to spend a bit more time with her. We cook well together and I don’t know if I know anyone more similarly geeky as me on that scale, and of course Erin - I mean geeky in the best possible food channel watching, cook book reading, recipe testing way. I am not surprise to find that while I was reading the “Joy of Cooking” every night before bed, Erin was also reading the Joy. Ahh! Soul friends are fabulous.
In addition there is Jakey down the road. Jacob had a party a little while ago and he didn’t really want to go. But well, we kidnapped him back and when we got to the little cabin there was a rocking crowd of nine of us and of those nine one included a DJ…turntables- seriously. This week we kidnapped Jakey Pooh again. It was a successful kidnapping and among other things Jake and Erin and I went for an amazing hike and made up fabulous stories along the way about a little boy named Pim. Ha! Watch for that! Jake has been great, we have all have been having some amazing “Garden State” times.
Well, also who was here? None other than Lucy Shaw! Lucy is a friend of Dawns, I have heard so much about her and Lucy was here in the winter a couple of years ago. Also a new soul friend, Lucy was familiar immediately. Lucy works for Naikun Wind Energy Group and is here with her energy center. We met a cool coworker of hers also- Hamish. I gave them the grill on the questions I had about windmill farms and am now sufficiently educated.
Let me just mark this passage as monumental, this meeting of Lucy. I am currently in Dawn’s world, and meeting people who know my sister. It is so incredibly cool to meet her friends. I feel like I am journeying through something really sacred, this place and the people she knows. It doesn’t happen often and the roles we have played through out our lives, being the eldest I am first. I have a big old footprint, and its usually a loud one. But it is sooooooo incredibly cool to come into a world I have never been in before and see the footprint my sister leaves behind her.
Okay. Shameless promotion, attention!
They actually sent me the picture and it was entitled “Candace and the Shaggin Wagon”
How apt is that!
Candace is having her sales this fall on her purses that she makes, which are dear to me- Books!!!!!
She will be at the Portobello Market just off of Main street and Terminal- the Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver. If you are in the city and want to check it out, stop by and see her! The Market is very cool. If you haven’t gone, check it out!
If you go there and check it out tell her congratulations from me on her pregnancy!
October 28
November 25
Her website: http://www.fashionablyecocentric.ca/
Okay.
I am leaving you with a video of a woman I have been thinking about lately as I have been reading gardening books and composting. One of her books is always by my bedside.
Starhawk:
Also my new blog about here is at this address:
www.alaskaview.blog.ca
Plus cross your fingers for me! I applied to the Queen Charlotte Island Arts Council to coordinate the 2008 All Island Art show to be held at the Haida Gwaii Museum in February. I may submit a resume in to the library here which is looking for a librarian part time. Who knows! I may never want to leave.
My love as Always,
Angela
