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It’s pretty smooth sailing till I get to the halfway point. Three blocks worth of sidewalk thoroughly cracked. A long gash running like a chasm to forever. “Well, Nothing’s perfect, you know” and “It could be worse, I suppose.” Sometimes … Continue reading →

(foreshadowing on Sidney, B.C. street bench of plane encounter later?) “And many are the dead men too silent to be real”–Gordon Lightfoot, “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” Lightfoot speaks of the many nameless workers who gave their lives to forge the Canadian … Continue reading →

It’s all just information no matter how you regard or interpret it. Dreaming last night of being with my wife in Mexico at a park with a beach beyond it. Seeing a park attendant with a hoodie working about 20 yards … Continue reading →

There’s a lot to be said for clarity especially at 2. 3 & 4 a.m. In order to in- crease perspective u need many people asleep Mental dis- engagement & openness to suggestion don’t hurt either So what can u … Continue reading →

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 way she pulled the nozzle down … Continue reading →

left: Vancouver moment that inspired poem on right. I first joined the Stroll 25 years ago, being a member most of that time, rejoining after an invitation from Anne Marshall after the passing of Dean McKenzie. It is a top-notch … Continue reading →

Flying a kite with him and his Dad. The kite had not been out for about 35 years, the last time my son flew it. A beautiful Hawaiian kite with Mauna Loa and the sun on the head part with about … Continue reading →

“The Hollows”. A poetically-just ending with Justice achieved and a Poirot choice re. any further necessary justice for multiple aiders and abettors.

occurs when one is no longer perpetually restless inside and when one no longer feels the deep inner lifelong aloneness anymore.

(Despite the decline of greeting cards in society due to e-media obsession, one family tradition that carries on from our dead parents through our kids and grandkids is the sending and receiving of actual special occasion cards and birthday cards. … Continue reading →