Red Cedar
More apocalypse, less angst
Category: Urban
Tidbits from the Internet
An East Van fact – the traditional name for the area now called Grandview-Woodlands in the tongue of the Squamish Nation is XapXapay’ay or Xpey’elhp [hon’qo’mi’nom’] both of which refer to cedar trees. As one commentator on tribe noted, it is likely that East… Continue Reading “Tidbits from the Internet”
no, i don't want a free newspaper
the last three weeks have seen a free newspaper blitz during the commuting hours of the downtown core – promotions for the regular papers (the province, the sun) are all well and good, but what has spurred the whole rush is the introduction of… Continue Reading “no, i don't want a free newspaper”
a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 4)
here is a photograph: in this picture is our heroine – she is turning 19 in a haze of MDA (both ingested and smoked) and hard liquor. in two months one of the men in this photo will rape her, within five years the… Continue Reading “a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 4)”
a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 3)
it’s a scar not a scab , so if i keep at this i don’t think it will bleed. and you might wonder now why i am continuing – why i do not walk away now just as i did not walk away then….… Continue Reading “a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 3)”
a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 2)
(this post follows this one) in writing about this man, the artist who gave me the fifteen dollars to lie down beside him (and no, i did not have to touch, it was all about proximity), i have remembered one other thing he gave… Continue Reading “a fiction from the granville street bridge (part 2)”
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