by Nancy Canyon | Jan 8, 2023 | Writing
My memoir, STRUCK, is complete. Still, moments from the early 70s come back to me often. I write them down in my writing practice. Writing practice is a daily practice that generates ideas and story. This is how I write my novel drafts: Celia’s Heaven,... 
by Nancy Canyon | Sep 27, 2022 | Art, Uncategorized
Morgan Block Studios Features Three Artists: Nancy Canyon, Ron Pattern, & Jill Smith Every October, artists invite the community to their working art studios. The self-guided tour includes Bellingham and county artists located on a brochure and maps available... by Nancy Canyon | Aug 22, 2022 | Writing
STRUCK EXCERPT: On Corral Hill Lookout at 6,000 feet, we watch for smoke, which might not be visible if a lightning strike catches fuel beneath the ground—a bigger fire waiting to happen once ignited by oxygen-rich air. Our boss, Arizona, says the roots can burn for a... 
by Nancy Canyon | Jul 22, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Writing and Sketching in Nature Have you ever walked along a river, perhaps taken a break to sit beneath a tree and breath in nature’s freshness? If so, do your surroundings evoke a creative response? Perhaps you want to draw or write or just sit and soak in the... 
by Nancy Canyon | Jul 9, 2022 | Writing
Writing poetry and sketching in nature are two of my favorite things to do. When I visit my adopted Whatcom Land Trust parcel, I sit on a log and jot down my ideas, or sketch something in my journal. While I’m “hard at it,” my husband, Ron Pattern,...
