So, this year has been.. interesting.

My best friend passed away while I was sicker than sick and laid up in bed for.. far too long with some sort of sickness that totally whiped me out. To paraphrase my wife, I have never been as bad as that.. ever! 

And while I was convalescing and mourning.. the owner of the property that I rent in Bowness as a space to work on The Boat contacted me to let me know that.. it’s going up for sale! 

Add to that, the fact that the Mainstreet Bowness BIA (manager) decided *not* to have the Tiny Galleries exhibit this year.. things have been difficult. I’ve not really felt like interacting with people much.. tho, I have wanted to get back to YYC to work on The Boat.. but, you can only progress through outreach and outreach only happens when you talk to new people.

So, I sent a note to the local Farmers Market manager and asked if I could set up for a Show and Tell session which resulted in me talking a lot yesterday.

One person I talked to was the News Director for CTV (and his mother 😉 ) who is super psyched for the project and wants to do a periodic update segment for me! We’re gonna start with a bit about the upcoming Film Festival “Phreaq0ut” (formerly “Steam- 0- Thon“). So, we’ll do a meet and chat preview of the festival and how it’ll work with enough time to push people to the locations that’ll be screening the submissions!

Know a film maker? Send them to FilmFreeway to apply! Regular Submissions get print coverage in the first issue of my print magazine “The Standard Exhibit.”