Amy Kelly

Dec 14, 2024 | scotsman.com | Amy Kelly

The latest business to business podcast spotlights ambitious projects in our backyardEarlier this year on a rainy day in Edinburgh, I sat in a coffee shop with Louise Mather, the Glasgow-based filmmaker, and shared my feeling that while there is so much great stuff happening on the Scottish tech scene, not enough people know about it, particularly beyond our own borders.

May 25, 2024 | fergusfallsjournal.com | Amy Kelly

Diona Osterman-Api’s house still gleams like a new penny to her and her family. Osterman-Api and two of her daughters have lived in the house for a year and a half, but the glow of home ownership still shines bright for this family. Once homeless in Montana, Osterman-Api’s family has lived in hotels, a camper and most recently in an apartment that wasn’t the best situation for them. With encouragement from friends and co-workers, Osterman-Api decided to apply for a Habitat home in 2021.

Apr 19, 2023 | yummymummyclub.ca | Lindsay Marett |Amy Kelly |Heather Jones

“We’re born, we live a little while, we die….By helping you maybe I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.” Charlotte,Charlotte’s Web by EB White**********My seven-year-old fingers gripped the tattered pages of my favourite book. Huddled under the covers with my flashlight, trying to sneak another few minutes of reading in the stillness of the night, my throat tightened as I approached the last passages. Charlotte, the spider was dead and Wilbur the pig was going to care for her babies.

Mar 28, 2023 | yummymummyclub.ca | Amy Kelly |Jeni Marinucci |Nadine Thornhill |Leslie Kennedy

My sister and I traded dreams one day. Mainly because, with her new baby and my one- and three-year-old, the chance to actually fall asleep and dream was a rarity. We sat on my peeling leather couch in the sundrenched room, looking over the Pacific, totally unaware of the beauty surrounding us because we were in our sister cocoon of love and laughter and caffeine. “Oh my god, it was so hot.”“Oh?” I say, taking a piece of dog kibble out of my toddler’s mouth.

Mar 20, 2023 | yummymummyclub.ca | Amy Kelly |Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis

To this day, I can still feel the devastation. I push through the velvet curtains and walk on stage, the smell of decades of must, sweat, and old socks permeating the air. I was in grade six, wearing my off-the-shoulder, boat neck cream sweater and BonnieBelle Lip Smacker, with the confidence of someone who has never been dealt a blow to their self-esteem. This election was in the bag.