Made in Montreal

  My friend R.R. Skinner was born in June or July 1908. Reg grew up in Bethnal Green, UK, and one day he told me about the German Zeppelin t...

The entrepreneur who wanted to build a 12 story mixed condo/commercial building on this site was defeated in a referendum.The fact is this i...

Do not forget the hostages. Posters on Westminster Avenue.

                     To listen to the apologists for evil, they have become evil themselves, with excuses, doublespeak, and out and out lies...

  In 2008 Another day that don't end Another ship goin' out Another day of anger, bitterness, and doubt I know how it happened I saw...

  Gilbert Layton Park in October 2012 O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Sh...

  In NYC No more lockdown No more government overreach No more fascist police Disturbing our peace No more taking of our freedom And our God...

 On the corner of Nelson and Westminster.

    It’s October, summer has ended and with it early daylight. I noticed these asters full of honey bees and decided I will plant asters in ...

  I've spent a lifetime writing: a diary I've kept  everyday since January 1965, books, poetry, book reviews,  criticism , and  corr...

You don't see many window flower boxes anymore. I remember my mother standing at her dining room window and planting flowers in the flow...

A few years ago, after the death of her mother, Veeto sent me this photograph of the family dining room table where we used to play "sp...

When I was growing up on Oxford Avenue, in the mid-1950s, Veeto was the little girl next door who was my first friend in life. We moved from...