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Trevor Hughes. A long-time senior high English teacher like me and a good poet, likewise. (The following sonnet he read at my recent workshop on Poetic Sensibility is reprinted with his permission.) That Room I should have known it wasn’t left by … Continue reading →

but the train has gone.” –from “Mary Had a Baby”, a traditional Saint Helena carol adapted nicely by Bruce Cockburn on his interesting Christmas CD

(photograph: Lorri Arndt) When I see barn doors open I imagine who or what’s been in or out. The dark inside a mystery to ponder. This one yawns as if an invite to warmth and closeness of a kind. Makes … Continue reading →

ironic. This tells you everything you need to know and basically understand. Irony makes it possible, finally, to understand and appreciate most of life. If you are too serious or can’t appreciate irony, that leaves out a lot of life … Continue reading →

(Nature is all around us from birth to death. When was the last time you really looked at skies and clouds which are constantly changing overhead? When was the last time you looked at the stars?) (We constantly note the … Continue reading →

More than enough to pleasure eyes or soul, take your pick. Sirmilik does not disappoint beyond the treeline and barrens with its tundra and moonscapes, the frosted mounts and few carpets of green hugging hills you could never hope to … Continue reading →

Across from the Banana Republic near an armored truck, Duane Eddy’s “Rebel Rouser” blaring from the corner Starbuck’s, he sat on a Robson sidewalk, awaiting The Second Coming with his battered New Testament, green porcupine exercise ball, and a selection … Continue reading →

(to the memory of Glen Kirkland) The grumpy queue shortened. “No fat” decreed the matron in front of me. “No whip” cried her friend. “Next” and a barrista’s what’s-your-pleasure look. “Latte,” I asked and settled for a tall. Oh, the … Continue reading →

marijuana is being legalized in Canada for the simple reasons of federal government greed and its desire to make a ton of money. Ethics, morality, and the negative effects on health, road safety, and children’s safety don’t matter. Much as in … Continue reading →

  (notes on my own poetic sensibility, from the recent workshop, based on a recent poem) …………………………………………………………………………………………. …and the possibilities of new friends, unexpectedly. Even kindred spirits, potentially. UK-born (and now living in France) Trevor Hughes and I will have … Continue reading →