Marsha Ablowitz grew up in the rainy city of Vancouver. She studied writing at UBC in the 1960s and realized that her art would not pay bills. She became a mental health social worker, women’s self-defense instructor, traveler, and mountain climber.
Marsha started Vancouver’s first agency-sponsored women’s lib groups, lesbian support groups, and led many women’s survivors groups dealing with physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. She is an original member of Quirk-e. Now she hikes, carves wood, is writing a LGBT2S sci-fi novel, and swims in the ocean year round.
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Dal and Chandra, the Warrior and the Climber
On ruined planet earth in a tiny life cube Dal is crying: If I jump I hit the hard. If I reach I hit hard. Hard everywhere. No way out. Teddy sings butI know the songs. I must get out. Will Monkey king rescue me? No. Whenmommy closes the hard top I will poke Teddy … Read more
Max Dexall
In 1954 when I was 10, a short older man with dark wavy hair came for dinner. He brought expensive chocolates and planted a soft wet kiss on my cheek. Mom said, “This is Uncle Max Dexall.” I wiped my cheek with my sleeve. He said, “I’ve brought sweets for you motic.” He had an … Read more
