Creative Works
Quirk-e members’ creative expression in every form – writing, painting, drawing, film, and more.
Lonely
Only the Lonely Know the Way I Feel, Roy Orbison song 1961 It is the mid 1960s in rural Manitoba. ...
My First Mask
When I entered the classroom I was confronted by a big man holding his hand as blood ran down his ...
Mistaken Identity
This memoir is set in Vancouver in the 1980s. One night I was supposed to be sleeping over at Judy ...
Tripping to the Lake
Little boy She’s from the street Before you start You’re already beat See the way she walks Hear the way ...
Adopted Grammas
I am not a parent but I am a grandparent. I never thought I would be called Gramma Bridget until ...
Life Insurance
Quiet, slow, gentle morningsounds of rain on the windowthe ring of the phone bursts into the tranquility —insurance!resurgence of fearsof ...
It’s the Best Day of the Year
No, by Golly, it’s not a Holly Jolly Christmas. It’s the day after Christmas, glorious December 26, known in Canada ...
Lucy, the Cat, Back on Santa’s Knee
“Lucy, come. We’ve got a Xmas date with Santa at the mall.” Lucy, a black and white tuxedo cat,sighed. She ...
The Babies
Peaceful, calm, soft and restful. Those were the feelings I had sitting with them at a window table in the ...
