Piikani Nation

Thursday I was in Brocket, working with kids from nursery school to grade 7, talking about stories and writing. Brocket is in a stunningly beautiful location, just east of Pincher Creek, hills and river valley overlooked by the snow-covered Rocky Mountains (it was just hazy enough for the photos to not turn out).

I was shown all the projects the kids had worked on as they read Feather Brain: big paper maché dinosaurs and tiny clay ones, drawings and paintings, and booklets with chapter summaries and drawings that I got to sign.

I was sent away with two gifts: a Piikani Nation T-shirt, and a lovely hand-beaded leather barrette, which made my younger daughter very happy when I gave them to her.

Maureen