Creative Works
Quirk-e members’ creative expression in every form – writing, painting, drawing, film, and more.
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 ...
Nearly High Noon
Our family has moved to another farm a few miles outside of Colborne, a small town near Lake Ontario. This ...
Atmospheric River
To the tune of Fascinating Rhythm Apologies to the Gershwins New lyrics written after the great flood of 2021 in ...
Standing Out and Standing Up as Lesbian Feminists
There were few images of what a lesbian looked like before the 1970s, though people might have discovered a couple ...
