Memoirs
QUIRK-E members’ stories about their unique and inspiring lives.
Rita
Before she was famous, Rita and her kids lived with me on Lorne Ave. Laura was 14 at the time, ...
Radical Drag Anyone?
As fall is beginning, people inevitably start kidding around and asking me, “So, are you going to strap on a ...
Present at the Creation
[We are very sad to note that Greg passed away suddenly in November 2024. This was one of his last ...
Meeting a New Challenge
It all started while I was on vacation in Puerto Vallarta. I noticed just a small sore on the heel ...
Daisy Air Rifle
When I was six, I saw an ad for a Daisy Air Rifle on the back of one of my ...
First Crush
When talking about my youth it can often sound like a Charles Dickens novel. As well as the worst of ...
Lucy the Cat Meets Santa at the Mall
Jane’s cat, Lucy, had been quite naughty this year so Jane planned to take her to visit Santa Claus at ...
Red Boot Laces – Grise Fiord
The Tone was established on Day One at CBC Eastern Arctic when the manager gave me a tour of Iqaluit. ...
Max Dexall
In 1954 when I was 10, a short older man with dark wavy hair came for dinner. He brought expensive ...
We’re not ‘Breeds!
My Uncle George was always on the go. He’d be on a goose shoot, a duck shoot, or a prairie ...
