Patti Friday
Paragraphs | Poems | Pictures
Everyday Creative Reporting from the Arts Dept.
inside the International Embassy of Ideas
b. 1959
Made in Canada
(Ottawa, ON)
Author of 'Wonder Tender',
Tommie's Tomato Stand,
and The Pirate Code Poems
PLUS Children's Books
BIO
Patti Friday is a Canadian Author and Art Photographer who captures the essence of her days through her pen and lens.
Patti writes and illustrates books for both adults and children. Her quirky and offbeat children’s books offer joyful escapes into imaginative, refreshingly different worlds.
Her most recent adult fiction release Tommie's Tomato Stand is a heartwarming and humorous tale that blends aviation history, small-beach-town charm, and family folklore into one unforgettable story.
Wonder Tender is described as a soulful guide for those who feel deeply spiritual yet question traditional practices.
A relentless picture taker, Patti cradles a camera wherever she goes. Her photography embodies a documentary style, presenting cinematic images that showcase her passion for storytelling. She shoots botanical, still life, portraits, travel, culinary, lifestyle and quirky discoveries. Journalistic. Cinematic. Poetic.
"Capturing the essence of life, documenting as I go; the quiet beautiful moments or hurried, cinematic scenes of the 'everyday'. Candid sometimes poetic."
- Patti Friday
She lives and creates near the blue shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario, or wherever her travels in Canada take her.
Everything is interesting to me. That’s what I'm
archiving.
Hello from Canada!
I'm Patti.
Welcome to my
EDITORIAL home.
'Embassy of Ideas'
It's a lot like a buffet;
a bit of this, a bit of that.
Established in 2007.
(Thousands of posts and counting)
I consider this blog
a collection of topics
that I continue to find fascinating.
Essentially, part public diary,
part mood board,
part emotional almanac;
a layered archive of my inner tides.
It informs my creative work.
It's a place where I invite
others to discover varied editorial subjects.
I hope you enjoy it's randomness!
Ashley Longshore made this video for me. Thank You!
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You may find my ART website
“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever.
We have to make room for other people.
It’s a wheel.
You get on, you have to go to the end.
And then somebody has the same opportunity
to go to the end and so on.”
"I really believe there are things nobody
would see if I didn't photograph them."
“Go out and walk. That is the glory of life.”
―
“The only way to assert the right to publish is to publish.”
Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.
"Capturing
the essence of life,
documenting
as I go;
the quiet
beautiful moments or hurried,
cinematic
scenes of the 'everyday'.
Candid
sometimes poetic."
- Patti
Friday
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