Labour Day Weekend September 8, 2009

Dark clouds float across the lake like giant, inflated elephants. Rain skirts around us. Thunder roars. And we sit at the card table unconcerned, playing Settlers. The rain stops by, briefly, for a smoke, but doesn’t linger. We win the argument.
Bacon, bagel, eggs. Potato, pepper, chicken. Chili. Mike’s twenty-inch catch: fresh lunch. As always, we [...]

Reading Poetry on the Parliamentary Lawn August 17, 2009

I love this quiet city.
The flip flop of sandals passing by
like paperbacks closing one by one.
Somewhere a bagpipe has lost direction
and the mimes are calling out for his whereabouts.
I spot a native selling wool mittens.
It’s the middle of August and she is unawares.
All the while the sun warms my face
like the outside of a teacup,
like [...]

Pressure Washing in the Pouring Rain August 10, 2009

“This reminds me of all those years of soccer: showing up to games and thinking, Really? We’re playing in this?”

Skagit River August 7, 2009

One of the great things about calling Vancouver home is that you’re always carrying a forest around in your back pocket. A few hours drive out of town and Justin, Mike and I hit up an adult playground along the sparsely occupied Skagit River. Keep in mind this is August long weekend, arguably the busiest [...]

The Hottest Day Ever July 28, 2009

At work we paint strategically, braving the not-quite-yet-ridiculously-hot sun in the morning, then switch to the shade after lunch before we die of dehydration and sun stroke.
We talk about the most efficient use of A/C indoors. I rave about my basement.
I put a rag under my hat to shade my ears and face and am [...]