KELSEY KLASSEN

My first of a few travel stories on spending December in Iceland are out. I discover exactly what the weather, the culture and the opportunities to explore are like that time of year.

Before even reading the lyric pull-out in my inbox, I felt as if this song were a soundtrack to a natural disaster — so full of yearning and loss it is.

Chelsea Wolfe

Track: The Waves Have Come

No, it's not a cover — it's Parton's version on record, slowed from 45 rpm to 33 rpm. Her voice sounds unreal cranked down a couple octaves.

Have you seen this hat?

My hat, described by Rick Chung (Vancouver Is Awesome) as "Hands down, easily the best and biggest hat (possibly ever) at The Deighton Cup elegantly worn by (and made by) Kelsey Klassen" and The Anthology's Kelsey Dundon as "a masterpiece" seems to have taken on a life of its own.

Friends keep forwarding me links to places where it's been posted, so I'll try to collect as many of the photos as I can, and post more angles etc. as I come across them. Even though I was wearing it, I'm still surprised by how big it turned out! haha

1) BC Business [Paul Duchart]

2) Out After Dark [WE Vancouver]

3) Assignment Fashion [Dominique Hanke]

4) Deighton Cup [Charles Zuckermann]

5) Vancity Buzz [The Glass Eye Photography]

6) North Shore Outlook [Cat Barr]

7) The Province [Fred Lee] and again in UnLEEshed

8) The Social Life [Viranlly Liemena]