Update on a thrift store find: a vintage china plate with a scene from my university, starts a hunt to learn more about the item and Acadia.
Back to the future: Part 2
Staying home now doesn’t just mean not getting ill with the coronavirus, it also means saving lives. Last week, I asked you to write stories of people, places or things that you’d like to remember since being stuck inside. By remembering some of the good stuff, I’m hoping it’ll remind us about the things we’re looking forward to. So as …
Back to the future
I was walking to pick up a prescription from a downtown Edmonton store on Thursday when I heard shouting. Another pedestrian (two metres away from me) was yelling at a taxi driver stopped at a red light. The cabbie was yelling back. I’m not sure what had transpired moments before but the noise shook me. The streets were almost empty …
Poetry Moves on Transit
One of my poems is going for a ride on the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS)! It’s one of four entries chosen in a fall poetry contest. The contest was held by Poetry Moves on Transit, an Edmonton Poetry Festival project that places poetry on ETS vehicles. Three times a year, a call goes out for poems. This autumn, 73 people …