once upon a time...
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Here we are already rolling into the month of Love. February seemed to just show up out of the blue. Kind of like that unexpected old friend who showed up at your door with a suitcase in hand and said, “I’m here!” So Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t consider myself much of a...

Not the Real Alice
You told me once that you were Alice in another life. The Alice. You said this while looking out your fire escape window. Three Tabby...

Lined with Crazy
We were layered up and walking with our Tim Hortons coffee. You left your lid open so it would cool, and I went straight in...

Leto and the Fox Den
Half a lifetime ago, I came here to take pictures, to drink, to get infested by the city. It’s where I found the Fox Den...

in a heartbeat
Valentine’s day, twenty-three years ago, was the first time I gave you flowers. You were ten, same as me. I didn’t know I’d do...

Fried Chicken and Waffles
You said it was poetry––the block of grey blue sky and greasy clouds. You patted the bench beside you, but I didn’t sit. The park...

