writing
Our Battle for Words
Our battle for wordsHas defined us for decades.They call us perverts and deviants.We call us lovers.They call us criminals.We call ...
Yukon Christmas
It’s minus 40 degrees outside and the smoke from my wood stove is rising like a black poker in the ...
A Flaunting of Dykes
Many years ago, in August 1984, in anticipation of the upcoming the Gay Pride March, several friends and I tried ...
Writing an Identity Not Your Own
Writing an Identity Not Your Own, by Alex Temblador, is an extremely helpful book for creative writers who wish to ...
Rita
Before she was famous, Rita and her kids lived with me on Lorne Ave. Laura was 14 at the time, ...
Daisy Air Rifle
When I was six, I saw an ad for a Daisy Air Rifle on the back of one of my ...
Dal and Chandra, the Warrior and the Climber
On ruined planet earth in a tiny life cube Dal is crying: If I jump I hit the hard. If ...
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. ...
