Monthly Archives: April 2017

(an aside: Never forget humble or poor working-class roots, and the people closest to you who worked hard to give you the opportunity, luxury, and privilege (they never had) to go to university and pursue a career you wouldn’t otherwise have had. … Continue reading →

(story on pages 172-177) (one night a boy meets Dark Pony asks to be taken to Sleepy Town) (They pick up a girl and then a dog they meet) (They pick up a gray squirrel next and then approach Sleepy … Continue reading →

(an unforgettable cover; the book originally sold in Canada for 35 cents when my parents bought it for me in 1954-55 thereabouts; I later bought it in the 80s or 90s for $5) (first story; Caraway’s pictures were wry and … Continue reading →

(the fabulous 2-disk Criterion DVD which just came out; includes a documentary, several interviews, and a book; the pieces on how Antonioni was influenced by English photography and painting of the day are outstanding and reveal their presences in the … Continue reading →

2011–Top of river valley, near my first high school, looking toward downtown Edmonton. Recalling my 1975-83 classes sitting here in fall and spring, writing haiku poems.

you are the waterfall of my life a never-ending cascade beneath the wide turner skies the female voice that sings of canyon the sage and brush of our topography you are the stars wheeling high above the joshua tree of … Continue reading →