I am prairie girl with the ocean and the sky taking equal place in my heart. After the last 10 years on Vancouver Island, I recently moved back to Saskatchewan where the winters destroy my will to live, but the sky is big, housing is affordable and my partner and I could go to grad school.
I really miss the sea stars and moon snails. The only thing that keeps me from running out and buying a plane ticket ‘home’ to BC is the Sky here in the prairies. The sky keeps me from thinking about the sea stars and the moon snails… and the barnacles…and the otters…and the limpits… and the hermit crabs…and the sculpin…and…and… Did I mention that I really miss the ocean?
Quick! PUT AWAY THE VISA and think about the SKY!
I am a giant toxicology nerd with an overwhelming passion for women’s sexual health care and education. I sit on the board for the Saskatoon Sexual Health Centre where, alternately to the opinion of many in this conservative community, “we don’t sell sex…we are publicly funded to provide it for free”. 
I am the proud mother of a beautiful (and very busy) border collie fur-child.
Mooknee (“moo-nee”) also misses the ocean, especially the sand for digging and smelly seaweed for rolling.
I have a wonderful partner who doesn’t miss the ocean as much as us girls, since he gallingly likes the snow. He is a brave little toaster when it comes to crafting and is showing great promise as a ’stitcher’. 
I like to knit, sew, and cook/bake vegan food with equal passion. I also spin, weave, play with photography and generally dabble in all things craft. Especially if there is wine involved. I also really like this here innernets for stalking other crafty folk and being inspired by their great ideas.
This is a beautiful page and so is the women who runs it. Yes, I’m the partner and I think I learned something today. The dog is more important. Obviously, she gets three pictures to my one. She is a damn cute dog that’s for sure, but come one I’m a damn cute guy…though in this picture I look like Yukon Cornelius!
Anyway, Kirsti is definitely a crafty las and I have to admit that I’ve learned a lot from her and hope one day to be equally as crafty. Maybe by the time we get out goats and bees and sheep!
oh, I miss you guys and recognize mckenzie bight… home of all things salty and west coast.
I miss saskatoon too and am so glad that you are getting to work with evelyn…. hooray for sexual health.
maggie and I miss the big sky and walks by the river.
love and love
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Wow, I’m impressed, chicken! You’ve been busy! Whatta blog!!! Everything’s so cute (including you!) and it’s good inspiration for my sorry procratinatin’ arse! I especially love your “procrasti-nation” tagline) One day I’ll get you to teach me to knit, in the meantime I have my sewing machine. Now I just have to figure out where to find the time.
When are you coming to Van?
lovemin
loving ALL the bits your wrote, k!
the sky, the ocean…torn between two places… i hear you. (but for me its the ocean [pacific] and the ocean [atlantic]).
Yay for you! i love that you have your own crafty blog – way to make the things you want happen!
xo