Wandering

Strictly speaking, Patsy Condie Bak is a senior citizen; nevertheless, she finds herself experiencing pangs of something resembling a mid-life crisis. As she takes her place among innumerable wandering sailors, she finds herself strangely fascinated by the varied flotsam and jetsam drifting by. Every piece of tangled driftwood and all the bits of hopeless wreckage that swirl about in the rough sea hold rewarding stories. With the encouragement of her companion muse, Pat pieces together those stories with their diverse characters: sometimes ordinary but, more often, eccentric. Pat particularly delights in writing “endings with a twist,” and can hardly wait to discover where her stories will take her.

Although Pat has traveled extensively, thus far her characters live close to home. After a brief introduction, these ethereal beings pester her until their stories are written, rewritten and, finally, set down on paper, but never carved in stone.

Pat’s story, Redefining Miss Lamb, is included in the North Idaho College publication, Trestle Creek Review. She also worked extensively with two NIC English instructors to edit the publication.

Pat will attend a Writers’ Conference in Salt Lake City in early May. She is eager to learn new skills that will assist her in conveying the richness of her characters and thus relate their absorbing stories with more intensity.