105. Vancouver, 1962. Graveley Street We moved to Vancouver, of course, so that I could change schools. Mostly, that’s not an advantage. Adjusting to the new, especially mid-term— new rules, new classroom, new teachers, new classmates—is itself a challenge, even with the practice I had had. There’s always some shade of a lesson that I […]
September 21, 2016
An Open Letter Regarding Climate Change From Concerned Members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Human-caused climate change is not a belief, a hoax, or a conspiracy. It is a physical reality. Fossil fuels powered the Industrial Revolution. But the burning of oil, coal, and gas also caused most of the historical increase in […]
August 7, 2016
Vancouver, 1962. Jimmy Crack Corn in Little Italy Our flight from Schou School brought us to the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, now known as The Drive but then known as Little Italy. Our first residence in that neighbourhood was on 2nd Avenue. The Drive itself was just up the block, and there were establishments there that […]
March 12, 2017
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