Home: Welcome

I am a poetess and one day I will take my place

Among the grandmothers and wise women

I am a poetess, between the silences

I hear stories and find the words to speak

lyrics from "Poetess"

a song written for my arts thesis

at Regent College in Vancouver

(listen here)

Colleen McCubbin

Feb 15
2 min

What time is it?

It's time for new music! I decided to write--and hopefully record--a new album this year. It's been nearly 15 years since my last...

14 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Dec 6, 2022
1 min

Beauty Welcomes Us

"Beauty welcomes us in the sense that it is invitational, vulnerable, and unhurried. It tells us we are wanted in its presence. As we...

8 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Feb 24, 2022
3 min

the bitter root

I started collecting plush organ stuffies in 2019. The first was a cute purple gallbladder, to represent the one I had lost. I started...

14 views1 comment

Virtual Alchemist Creates Artistic Treasure

Colleen McCubbin

Feb 19, 2022
2 min

Virtual Alchemist Creates Artistic Treasure

During a thunderstorm in the summer of 2020, Nicola and I had our first phone call. After working on a fantasy series for 20 years (two...

44 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Feb 5, 2022
3 min

I am a cancer survivor

In 2021, I faced my mortality in a surprising new way. On March 24, I had a biopsy. On March 29th, I was diagnosed with endometrial...

78 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Jan 29, 2022
1 min

I am a prairie soul

Want more music? Visit my Bandcamp site.

13 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Jan 19, 2022
1 min

I am a publisher

Sometimes it feels strange to own a certain identity: I'm a writer. I'm an editor. I'm an author. I'm a publisher. For decades, "writer"...

12 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Sep 13, 2021
1 min

Nice girl, so strange.

Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're the only one. It's easy to feel like you're the only one, until you encounter a kindred spirit...

16 views1 comment

Colleen McCubbin

Aug 7, 2021
2 min

If I had a Sister

I do have a sister. I have several of them. In fact, both of my sisters are included in a family riddle: I'm the first, but not the...

22 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Mar 5, 2021
2 min

Leoshine's 4th Treasure

Welcome to our Famous Canadian Women Internet Treasure Hunt! We're so glad you're here to play! Nicola is one of my authors with Siretona...

47 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Jan 19, 2021
1 min

That's the way it was: oral histories

From Abbotsford to Appalachia--that's how far the research took me in for my MA thesis at Briercrest Seminary. I interviewed six...

15 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Dec 31, 2020
1 min

The Door to 2021

Go and open the door. If there’s a fog it will clear. from Poetry By Heart | The Door

30 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Aug 1, 2020
5 min

Love Survives

Do you ever wonder what your mother was doing at your age? This is a question I often ponder. When my mom was in her early 50s, she and...

78 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Dec 14, 2019
1 min

Endearment

My heart can hear the softly accented lilt of Grandma's voice calling out her special name for me. Once, when our Yellow Rose of Texas ...

14 views0 comments

Colleen McCubbin

Nov 23, 2019
2 min

A long line of strong women

My wedding was on one of the coldest days of the year -- somewhere close to minus 40 degrees Celcius! A lot of brave people defied the...

19 views0 comments

Home: Blog2

CONTACT

Home: Contact