Kindred Spirits: Relationships that Spark the Soul

by Dianne Hicks Morrow

Who is your kindred spirit? Who kindles the fire in your soul?
Driven by curiosity about her own intense friendships and soul-to-soul connections, Dianne Hicks Morrow devoted the last 10 years to asking Atlantic Canadians these questions.
In Kindred Spirits, people as diverse as composer Norman Campbell, lyricist Elaine Campbell, country doctor Jim Bowen, author Sheree Fitch, photographer Freeman Patterson, comedian dentist Marina Sexton, theatre director Duncan McIntosh, minister Elizabeth Stevenson, university president Wade MacLauchlan, and actor Deb Allen reveal their passionate connections to the people, places, and animals that inspire their deepest trust, their most intimate contact, and their unconditional love.
Kindred Spirits explores all aspects of that kindred-spirit relationship, whether from across a room in a shared home or across great time and distance, in voices and perspectives as diverse as the people in this book.
"A friend will help you fix your septic tank. A kindred spirit fuels your tank."

-- Maitland MacIsaac

About the Author

Dianne Hicks Morrow is a poet who draws on rich connections both to Atlantic Canada's islands and its mainland. She was conceived in Newfoundland, married a Prince Edward Islander, and gave birth to two Islanders. She knows she may never qualify as an Islander but would not, in any case, trade in her mainland roots and relations. She was born and raised in St. John, New Bruncswick, and graduated from UNB in Frederiction. She taught high school in Vancouver before moving back east to the farmhouse she shares with her husband Andrew on Prince Edward Island's North Shore.

Her first book of poetry, Long Reach Home, draws on these experiences and landscapes. Her poems have appeared in The Abegweit Review, Common Ground, Contemporary Verse 2, Pottersfield Portfolio, and the Windsor Review,, as well as in A Woman's Almanac: Voices from Atlantic Canada, Enchanted Companions, Stories of Dolls in Our Lives, Landmarks, and A Bountiful Harvest. Her poems have also been broadcast on CBC Radio's Island Morning, MainStreet, Information Morning for the Maritimes, and The Live Poets Society. Her poetry has won prizes in the Prince Edward Island Literary Awards and the Atlantic Writing Competition.

Dianne began speculating about real-life kindred-spirit relationships when she realized that "kindred spirits" had been part of her vocabulary since she read Anne of Green Gables. Her passion for the topic led her to write Kindred Spirits: Relationships that Spark the Soul. Her interviews have been published in L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture.