Saturday, June 20, 2020

BUS PEOPLE: a novel of the Downtown Eastside - Part Two

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This is a serialized version of my novel  Bus People,  a story of the people who live on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The main chara...
Friday, June 19, 2020

BUS PEOPLE: a novel of the Downtown Eastside - Part One

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This is a serialized version of my novel  Bus People,  a story of the people who live on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The main cha...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

BUS PEOPLE: the novel that never was

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  In freshening up my blog with a new look, I've rediscovered literally thousands of things I posted in the past. Herein ar...

PDQ Bach: Report from Hoople!

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PDQ Bach REPORT FROM HOOPLE! Apparently, there really is a Hoople. though I doubt if there ever was a PDQ Bach. C...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Exploding bodices and face plants: the perils of the Edwardian corset

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From what I know of Victorian versus Edwardian dress and corsetry, there was a radical change around the turn of the century. You ca...

Make our Garden Grow (my anthem for the lockdown)

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You've been a fool and so have I But come and be my wife And let us try before we die To make some sense of life We're neith...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

5 Cereal Gadgets that Actually Work!

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Testing YouTube's "new" format. I may never get the hang of this! But at least now I can post more than thumbnails.
Friday, June 5, 2020

Favorite images from The Movies

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Dolores del Rio Garbo and Gilbert   Mae Marsh Gloria ...