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Collision
It happened suddenly, like a collision: I’m walking down Ellis Street; returning from one of my swift walks; weaving automatically among the pedestrians. Couched in my internal life, I am half aware of...
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Occupy Kelowna Interview – 2
INTERVIEW QUOTES “The Media judges the messenger, not the message.” “This is a movement that’s changing the world at light speed.” “I’m not impressed with the church community in Kelowna at all.”...
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Peace on Earth…
Peace on Earth, Good Will to All Men… Clock Tower at the bus terminus – December 14, 2011
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The Generosity of Strangers
DAY Behind a chalk sky, the sun is a moon. I see it through the canopy of black limbs between City Hall and Kasugai. In the green season, I often walk this way to absorb the sheltered calm of this...
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My Town
On my walks through the city I look for unusual people to write about – and I find them! We have an exotic side to us, we Kelownans. We flaunt bald heads, Mohawks, hair of green and purple,...
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Eating Pigeons on Bernard
Met him on Bernard, trying to make his way to the coast – same place I met another fellow trying to sell nuclear weapons for spare change. I don’t doubt that he truly ate pigeons. Hope he made it.
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Kelowna Streets 2
I meet these men in June 2012. Interesting characters. They both say they’ve ‘just rolled in’. Each a trickle in the flood that bursts upon our shores in late spring; looking a little tired; perhaps...
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On the Street
It is hot downtown. And with camcorder on tripod I search for a homeless person to interview. I am waiting for the traffic light at Water and Bernard, ready to end my search when a grey-haired woman...
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Fonzie
Because of his ‘50s rock-star haircut, I like to think of him as Fonzie. He is tall, slightly stooped, head inclined to the pavement as if searching for nickels and dimes. I see him shuffling St....
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Casting Coins
It is one of the coldest days of the year. I station my car by Kerry Park, and skirt the lake toward The Sails where I will champion the urban poor. When I arrive at the giant icon four people huddle...
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