Ami

Hey Everyone!
Wow, the first month of school is over! Is anyone else thinking it's been three months!? It's been such a slow month!
I hope everyones been keeping up their writing, I sure have. Just the other day I found myself reading The Birth House in a pile of leaves at the park, It was such a perfect night that I just HAD to jot down a poem!
I was at Word On The Street the other day, guess who happened to show up? RUBY!! I nearly knocked over a table running to get to her, haha! It was awesome to see her!
I miss you all like crazy, and Ami, I'm almost done The Birth House (I had to finish a book in a saga I was reading before I got to yours) and I'm loving it! I cannot wait to read The Virgin Cure!
I hope everyone is doing well, keep writing Creeklings! <3

-Becca

Ami

It's like summer in these Autumn leaves
I sit on the ground surrounded by red and gold
With a gentle green peeking from the edges

With the wind humming in my ear
Stroking my bare skin
I feel the softest comfort

With this book in my hand
Framed with the colours of fall
Winter seems almost impossible

I'd sound my barbaric yawp against this pure bliss
but my voice need not disturb these pure waters
I'll float a little longer before I return to the world in its punches

-Becca

Hey Creeklings!

With school just around the corner, I'm missing you all more than ever. I am counting the days until Ross Creek next summer, and even made this handy dandy countdown clock which you can view here! I also wanted to share my film project that I made last year at Ross Creek in the Lights, Camera, Action SummerArts camp. I had a blast, and I'd like to give a big thanks to Ainslee for helping me with the music!

It's nothing special, but I do enjoy the narration. I was amazed how the nature around me could inspire me to create such a piece. Ross Creek does wonders for the creative mind, I guess. Please keep in mind this is one of my very first projects, and everyone has to start somewhere. I'm getting better each time I get behind a camera.

I hope you enjoyed it :). Also, watch out for a Nova Scotia Teacher's Union public service announcement on CBC, CTV and Global. It has four teenagers and a picnic blanket in it. There are also little words like "fun" and "dedicated" bouncing across the screen. I directed it during a ViewFinder's film camp on March Break. I think it turned out really well. I'm working on a few projects right now, including a short film script, and environmental short, a short story, and a documentary for Annett :).

I love what you guys have posted so far. The "Barbaric Yawps" from the hike are beautiful.

Ami - I finished The Birth House a week or so ago and it was phenomenal. I had the hardest time putting it down. You are my idol. Let's make it into a movie someday :).

x. Sarah

Days Until RC: 327.

Hola everyone!

Hello everyone! I see no one has made a new post yet.
I've written a new poem and would like to share it, and to say hello to EVERYONE! Ainslee is off to France, and everyone else is pretty far away. Besides Mariah, I spent a day at her house a couple weeks ago, we had an awesome time! We stuffed ourselves with wild blackberries! Well, I think I've babbled on long enough. I hope everyone is doing well! Good luck with school everyone! Keep writing!

-Becca

LIVING PUZZLE PIECES

We are living puzzle pieces
Trying to fit together just right
But sometimes what is right does not fit together so easily
Puzzles ARE NOT easy
Who's to say the pieces go here? Or there?
Who truly means for us to be there?
Puzzle pieces do not truly go where they are supposed to
They go where they want to be
Sawing a little off the edges to fit them together perfectly
That is truth
That is what makes all the difference
That is what makes it real

-Becca

Gaspereau Press Visit

On the Thursday before the academy ended, The Creeklings piled in the Ross Creek van and went on a field trip to the amazing Gaspereau Press in Kentville, Nova Scotia.


Here's a slideshow of their adventure...

The Creeklings visit Gaspereau Press on PhotoPeach

Ross Creek TV Action News

Yesterday we spent the day filming RCTV Action News. The writers, film kids, and various other campers came together to create an amazing broadcast that is going to make every viewer laugh their socks off.


Sam Wheezer (Mike) and Mary Warren (Ruby, Ivy, Mariah, Becca,
and Ainslee) were at the news desk and/or on the scene.















Various other campers and staff were used elsewhere. It was filmed by Sarah, Tim, John-Sam, and Sarah, and Tim (instructor).
We filmed various sections.














There was a strike against the murder of Tomatoes, a weather forecast, and a war of a musical nature between the Tiny Boibles and the Barbie Girls. There were also various interjections that had to be filmed. It was a successful day.




-Becca

Bits and pieces

(photo by Becca)

While the Creeklings were away on the weekend hike-out, they were asked to write a second "Barbaric Yawp" in response to their journey. Here are bits and pieces of their offerings...

My journey and yours may be so different even when
We do the same things.
You walk beside me,
We share the same physical space,
But our minds are in such different places.
We are artists.
Together we create, but never quite the same thoughts
Your art and mine will never be the same.
- Ainslee

The wilderness is so untamed and beautiful
It is nice and peaceful - I can easily lose myself.
It reminds me of running barefoot
jumping and swimming in creeks
I love nature with a passion
I could walk forever if no one stopped me
- Mariah

The branches parted, the leaves shifted
And suddenly a rocky Atlantic beach stood before me.
The waves ebbed and flowed, threatening to
Sweep me away, but no such thing happened
I am so harmonically in tune to the world here
The trees that were once so secretive are
now meek and worrisome
I'm untamed out here in the woods
I'm free
- Becca

Life is beautiful here,
This is a place where I can find out
Yet again, that no matter what happens
Life goes on.
The stream reminds me of it-
I will have bad days,
But I will always know that the
Stream is still running,
That a new day will come
- Ivy

This is safe freedom.
We are allowed to be ourselves
and they trust us to be free.
We scream ourselves blue
to the green of the forest
and run ourselves sore
to a feast of grilled cheese.
We will never forget the
bragging rights our friends
have given us here
We will go home barbarians,
Return as swordsmen and
End as warriors
- Ruby

How to be Alone

The Creeklings are off on a wilderness hike this weekend, so I'm back to home, family, studio and garden.

Week one was filled with the group's boundless energy and creativity - scribblings of dreamscapes, wishes, fairytales, nighmares, and all the world's wonders and faults. I can't wait to see what Monday will bring.

In the meantime...this is for the Creeklings and for you. Tanya Davis' gorgeous poem, "How to be Alone." Have a wonderful weekend. "Take silence and respect it."
- Ami