{"id":6600,"date":"2022-02-15T21:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2024-07-20T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T23:01:33","slug":"wilderness-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wilderness-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilderness Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s 1980, two days from the summer solstice in the wild landscape of Northwestern British Columbia. A young woman and her husband, Jay Kawatski, tend their food garden carved out of the wilderness in the Ningunsaw Valley when Deanna realizes that their first child will be born very soon. The couple must hike difficult mountain & bog terrain through clouds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes for more than two hours to their cabin on Desire Lake. Along the path, Deanna\u2019s water breaks. This is the story of their unattended birth, heralded by a family of loons who serenaded them throughout the night.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m happy to showcase Deanna Kawatski\u2019s memoir, Wilderness Mother, The Chronicle of a Modern Pioneer.<\/em> I met Deanna when I served as the BC YUKON Representative of The Writer\u2019s Union of Canada and celebrated the release of her book Magda\u2019s Odyssey<\/em>, published by Gracesprings Collective. Deanna herself reads from Magda\u2019s Odyssey in one of these podcasts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWilderness Mother is a Canadian classic. It is nothing less than Canada\u2019s Walden. A deep book and a superbly written one, it will always be read \u2013 and reread \u2013 with joy.\u201d<\/em> -Alexaner Forbes, Professor & Poet, Thompson Rivers University.<\/p>\n

To get your own copy of this book: deannabkawatski.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the loons are courtesy of Carl Olsen. You can find him on facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CarlOlsenWildlifePhotography<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/carlolsenphotography.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the podcast:<\/p>\n