About Schmutzie
Elan Morgan arrived on the scene in the dead of winter in 1972 and now thrives physically in Regina, Canada and virtually as the founder, designer, administrator, and blogger at Schmutzie.com, the Canadian Weblog Awards, Five Star Friday, Schmoetry, and the Grace in Small Things social network, as well as being a contributing writer at MamaPop, with the help of three cats and a spouse that doesn't quit. Add to that the fact that she is also known to needlecraft, photograph, and web design the hell out of whatever else she sees fit and has survived cancer, mental illness, jerk lovers, and the torture of beige cubicles, and she is basically a superhero, at least as long as her laptop battery holds out.
Cancer, Cancer Everywhere: An Invitation
I used to look at my life as having two periods: BC, before cancer, and AC, after cancer. Now, though, I see those two halves differently. There were 34 years when I did not know cancer, and now, and for the rest of my life, I do know cancer.
Rudy: Learning from Death, Embracing Life
On Sunday morning, I dutifully planted myself on a church pew, cursed the itch of new nylon stockings, and entertained myself with the silent addition of the phrase “under the covers at night” to the ends of hymn titles.
Discovered Love: The Actuality of Magic
When the one you love is engaged to someone else, do you let go and go on with your life…or do you follow your heart even when it seems illogical?
Crazy Cat Lady? I Think Not
I am okay with some wrinkles. I am fine with the shifting shape of my butt. Even my worsening arm wattle isn’t that alarming … but accepting crazy cat lady-ness? Uh-uh.
Coming Out: Revealing Secret Passions
This knee-jerk shame about writing, an activity I hid like masturbation, kept me away from practicing the thing I loved for many years. It was too intimate. When I wrote, it felt like I was touching everything all at once, rolling in mud, needlessly gorging myself.
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