thing I regret is losing sight of the way that stories are behind everything and give meaning to everything that happens. Dee: Did you set out to write a collection of poems or did the book take shape after you had written numerous poems? Jacqueline Baldwin: The book took shape after I had written several poems. I didn't set out to write a collection of poems. The first one that I took seriously was "Springtime in Danny 25" and that poem came to me as I was speaking to my son Danny after we'd had lunch together. I had to imprint it on my mind because I didn't want to stop my conversation with him. My time with my adult children is limited because they,re so very busy and they have their own lives. I had to imprint the poem on my mind and then race home and write it down. And, in the book, it is almost exactly as I wrote it that day. Karin: Threadbare like Lace includes an epigraph by Maggie Macaulay Mackenzie. How does this passage apply to your poetry? Jacqueline Baldwin: Maggie Macaulay Mackenzie was my grandmother. She believed that stories are coming in on the wind. When she told me that, I knew that it was true, and I still know it. Karin: Your book of poetry is divided into five sections. In your view, what is the main focus or idea of each section? Jacqueline Baldwin: In my mind, the poems are all interwoven. Section three is all about children. All of the poems in section one are about nature or family or living in the bush. The poems in section two are about women,s experiences in a male dominated world. These are more difficult poems for the reader. Section four contains poems about good men, of which there are many, as we know. And section five has poems about strong women who have tried to maintain their identity. Dee: "Sunday Drive in August" and many of your poems emphasize the importance of the environment. In several of your poems you refer to the importance of the land and to the protection of the environment. You also describe the years that you spent on your farm outside of Vancouver (where you did organic farming before it became fashionable). Can you elaborate on your views on the environment and its importance in your writing? Jacqueline Baldwin: I think that we have become oblivious to the fact that