Memoirs

QUIRK-E members’ stories about their unique and inspiring lives.

Cats Rule

Margo Dunn

There’s an expression to describe a small space – There’s hardly room to swing a cat. I detest the image, ...

Family Secrets

Jan Bruce

I could hear my grandmother packing my things, readying for my departure. “I’ve packed all your things. When you’ve finished ...

Love in the 1950s – One Woman’s Journey

Greta Hurst

It was the kissing that reminded me of my first relationship with a woman in the 1950s. I hadn’t thought ...

Results

Garth McIver

His laboratory results came with the afternoon delivery. Judie, my receptionist, called Mark and he will be my last appointment ...

Roll Call

Garth McIver

I have an old leather address book given to me in the 1970s. Of course, with the advancement of technology, ...

The Stamp Issue

Margo Dunn

This story is set in December 2009, a time when Vancouver was preparing to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, Conservative ...

Candle in the Window

Lukas Walther

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

Paula Stromberg

I’m scared despite my luck in growing older. About 25,000 new cases of dementia are diagnosed in Canada every year, ...

Grandma

Farren Gillaspie

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?

River Glen

 Originally Published in Wrinkles Ten days to go till my partial tit amputation (breast reduction surgery). Am I having second ...

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