In the right sauce, mine could be a corpus delicious
Ken starts talking about pushing up… mushrooms Never, in any previous column, have I...
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Death
A shelter from the storm
It’s quite amazing how many people (if they admit it) have had a potentially near-death experience in the outdoors. It’s rarely a plane crash or a boat-sinking experience. Actually, these situations are often due to inadequate...
Read MorePicture in a Frame (Auntie Betty)
I finally found the words to sayHow long did you intend to stay.I know I’ve wondered now and thenHow close your love was to the end.I think it’s only fair that I should knowThat one day you’ll have to go.But I’ll always cherish...
Read MoreThrough dark to the light
“It is so hard, mon père, to plumb the depths of the pool of blood that is grief.” — Virginia Pésémapéo BordeleauA boy is born, unbreathing, the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. With his first croak of life, his mother...
Read MoreVulnerability and shared space
Anyone who has attended a Kim Beggs concert, or listened to one of her CDs, knows that the subject of death often shows up in her lyrics. It certainly did on October 12, during the sixth of 41 stops on her current two-month...
Read MoreForever Friends
Finally summer is back!!! I’m so excited but yet… I’d rather not be. It doesn’t sound right when I say it like that, but maybe my story will help this make a little more sense.This has been a busy year. The beginning...
Read MoreDouble Think Twice
Vurt (Jeff Noon, 1993)A mad romp through a Trainspotting-like drug culture, Vurt features virtual-reality ‘feathers’ that take you to bizarre and forbidden worlds, shadow-creatures that exist in between this world...
Read MoreWhen You’re Ready, The Door is Open
There’s a warm glow as soon as you step inside the front doors of Hospice Yukon – a feeling of being held, as if inside a cozy cocoon. Afternoon sunlight streams in through a southern facing window and a heart-shaped pillow...
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