Mercy among pillars
(“Throwback Thursday” post) Beside a bus stop on Saanich Road we set up our furniture. A sofa, arm chairs, a pole lamp–humped through the fron...
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Remembrance Day isn’t easy
Remembrance Day always brings conflicting thoughts. It’s not an easy day. Not easy because I will not be ungrateful for the sacrifices made in war, but I&...
Headlines for August 4, 2014
Finally, there is no moral tide, that rises on either side. Blood is blood and what is blood in war, but an end to all means to an end. Shed enough of it, and t...
The stupendous oddness of being
I wake up, it’s light, there’s a slight wind slipping through the trees, and above these, is that purity of blue that arrives with a clear morning. ...