What if the world as we know it has already ended and a beautiful metamorphosis has begun?
In this Time-of-Now, an Earthling-Gardener witnesses the great SHIFT
This book speaks in this Time-of-Now to our collective yearning for reconnection with the Earth through the rhythms of nature and our sacred soul-connection to the mystery of what comes next. You are invited to join a sacred journey, part memoir and part ecological vision.
Through poetic storytelling, the reader is invited into a modern awakening.
What will the reader experience joining in the Circle Word-Speak?
- They will enter their own transformation as they become the Voice of fellow Earthlings as humanity steps out of linear time and into a multi dimension of consciousness.
- They will experience the Earth through the voices of Earth-Spirits like Astrid-Crow (the narrator), Millie-Donkey, Robyn and many others.
Here’s an example …
Solo reader
Buy one book or a few – gift your friends and family.
Enjoy solo the dynamic transformative feelings that the Voices of this book will bring into your imagination. Step into a collection of uplifting, playful verse created for readers who are looking to feel the connection through our own DNA to the Earth.
This book invites you into a world where inspiration meets reality—where each poem feels like a warm conversation, a spark of motivation to all Earthlings. Whether you read one verse at a time or let yourself drift through several in a sitting, you’ll find moments that lift your spirit and remind you of the joy tucked into all of the Earth’s magical corners.
Group Word-speak
Community Circle Word-Speak
Written with characters like Astrid-Crow, Robyn, Millie Donkey, RiverRock, and many more colourful voices, the book becomes a lively performance when shared aloud.
Each character voice invites a different reader to step into a new personality, creating a playful rhythm of shifting tones, moods, and perspectives. It’s a warm, communal way to celebrate our DNA connection to the Earth, letting our imagination move around the circle just as vibrantly as the characters themselves.
Kate was born in northern Ontario where her family lived ‘on the land – off grid’ and where pulp mills and the railroad created the ‘economy’.
When Kate turned six, her father packed up his family and headed west to BC, establishing in the south Okanangan/Similkameen valleys where the family continued to live close to the land.
Kate’s introduction to big city life came when she moved to Vancouver to study at UBC, graduating in French Language and Literature, before going on to get her Teaching Certificate at UVIC. Kate worked as an elementary school teacher in Keremeos and Penticton before moving back to Vancouver where she worked as a French Immersion teacher.
While working with kids, Kate discovered how important the arts were as a learning and experiential practice.
In 1989, Kate helped pioneer the community garden movement in the establishment of Maple Community Garden in Kitsilano. Over the years, the Garden has been the object of many academic studies of graduate students from several continents.
Connecting the strands of her life … from living off-grid, working in the agricultural sector, enjoying academic life, teaching, volunteering in the arts along with practicing many aspects of fibre art and steering Maple Community Garden for over 35 years, she has found the inspiration for this, her debut book.
Currently, Kate is still gardening and collaborating on a community- building project on the land in the Similkameen Valley as she continues to write stories about her Earthling characters for her next book.
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