Given the orgy of revelation about political contributions and corruptions in the construction industry around here and in Quebec cities, it probably should not be surprising that political parties have…
This is the kind of thing you’ll be seeing around you this week as kids go back to school–this one is near where our kids did elementary school. But what…
We had a triple threat birthday party last night for Lukas, Jeanne and Thomas. Most pleasant and the two cousins (three and one) played together for the first time. Now…
The Montreal borough of the Plateau-Mile End has been rather agressive in trying to make its streets pedestrian and bicycle friendly. Among the initiatives has been the addition of rather…
It’s always interesting to watch while political maneuvering backfires. That was the case this week when Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron tried to rush things and get Parliament to…
Yesterday I wore the button I got 50 years ago at the March on Wshington for Jobs and Freedom. It elicited only three comments, which surprised me. Either people on…
One of the delights of our trip was walking long distances on the beaches of Vancouver Island at low tide. They seemed to go on forever, with rocky outcroppings punctuating…
While we were on holiday we didn’t watch television, listen to the radio and looked at a newspaper only twice. We checked email a couple of times and used the…
There’s nothing in front of us but ocean for thousands of miles. Obviously the forces of the sea have dislodged a lot of trees near the shore, as well as…
Shortly after I arrived back in in Bloomington, Indiana following the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 50 years ago next Wednesday, I went to the nearest Western Union…
Great weather, lovely people, good conversation: the last two weeks have been great. The TV wasn’t on once, nor was the radio, and I only went on line to make…
Closing down for a while, because we’re going on a holiday. It’s the first Lee and I have done in several years, what with fires and elderly cats and new…
Urban farming is alive and well in Montreal. This community garden was once space the city didn’t need any more for its yards, and so was saved from sale and…
The front pages of the newspapers and the headlines on the news programs make me very sad this morning. The tragedy of the train explosion at Lac Mégantic continues (What…
Haven’t seen any one day work stoppages here by fast food workers, but I’ve been very interested to see the press that this sort of protest has been getting in…
The page proofs for my new short story collection, Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography have arrived from Oberon Press! Very interesting to go over the text after several…
Oberon Press just sent me the page proofs for my new short story collection: Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. So correcting them is the task for today. Yay!
Paul Krugman talks about commuting, public transportation, sprawl and equality today in Stranded by Sprawl. It reminded me of the time many, many years ago when I was a reporter…
This morning was a good one for a walk on the wild side–that is in the Champs des possibles, the old city yard which has now become a delightful going-back-to-basics…
Who says that Grandmas aren’t useful. Jeanne has a fever so she’s chez nous today. As a consequence lots of stories are being read, but not much writing done.
