Memoirs
QUIRK-E members’ stories about their unique and inspiring lives.
Love in the 1950s – One Woman’s Journey
It was the kissing that reminded me of my first relationship with a woman in the 1950s. I hadn’t thought ...
Results
His laboratory results came with the afternoon delivery. Judie, my receptionist, called Mark and he will be my last appointment ...
Roll Call
I have an old leather address book given to me in the 1970s. Of course, with the advancement of technology, ...
The Stamp Issue
This story is set in December 2009, a time when Vancouver was preparing to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, Conservative ...
Candle in the Window
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets ...
Interview with Christine Waymark – 2019
I’m scared despite my luck in growing older. About 25,000 new cases of dementia are diagnosed in Canada every year, ...
Grandma
The lane was an uneven gravel pathway with multiple depressions filled with frozen muddy water. The air was crisp and ...
Chasing After What Do I Deconstruct Myself?
Originally Published in Wrinkles Ten days to go till my partial tit amputation (breast reduction surgery). Am I having second ...
A Flaunting of Dykes
Many years ago, in August 1984, in anticipation of the upcoming the Gay Pride March, several friends and I tried ...
Rita
Before she was famous, Rita and her kids lived with me on Lorne Ave. Laura was 14 at the time, ...
