GENERAL MEETING15;25 hrs. 24/07/2008My place26`Csunny    Getting ready for the summer general meeting of the Four Sisters Housing Co-op. I've already set up the room and now must get my ducks in a row for the short Board meet

        FLOWERS TO GO    Went out to mail my phone bill and took my camera. This little photo essay is the result. Have you ever noticed that nature never gets the colors wrong. I've just had

 On the way to Granville Island  I take the same picture every time  Look out below!  In another world  View to the East SIDEWAYS22/07/2008My place18:45 hrs.23`Csunny with breeze    Hav

 POOR SOUL  INSIDE OUR SANCTUARY 21/07/2008Steam Clock Starbucks09:32 hrs. PDT14`Csunny and cool    There is an annoying background noise from somewhere here in the square. Fingernails scrapping on blackboards annoy

     22:45 hrs.19/07/2008My place18`Cquietand cool    I could hardy decide between the pen and the keyboard. I got up and put on my shirt and turned on my computer. I typed out the first two lines and then turn

 Who is that guy?   The lady in question HALF LISTENING    I'm sitting here half listening to WWOZ and the Celtic hour with the mournful songs and poetry that is the Celtic soul. I spilled an old file onto the f

 first of the day  Zzzzzzzzz!  Adjusting the exposure  Are we there yet?   Local walking his dog. MEMOIR    I'm currently re reading GRANTA 58 Ambition from summer 1997 and there is

 TOURIST THURSDAYThey have an open and vacant stare,what are they seeingbecause there is no therethere.Sad stories assault the eyes and earsas the beggars and the derangedcry their buckets of tears.The assembled massescameras held on highto watc

Only pictures today!  Women's race   The winner  2nd place  Men's race at the start line  Early leader  The pursuit  Taking the lead  a new leader   abo

 GREEN ONIONS16/07/2008My place07:46 hrs.14`Csunny    Bopping along this morning in iPodville with Green Onions on replay. Lunch today with Jasna and Jim "B" and I'll be skipping down the street to the Steam Clock St

 The interview  Not your usual wooden Indian  Flowers work for me  This should turn your prop!  From May 1994 JOURNAL15/07/2008My place15:56 hrs.24`Csunny and warm    Lunch today with o

   CRAMPS    You know that good morning stretch you have just after you wake up, well this morning I got the most god awful cramps in both feet. It took me at least ten minutes to work them out. I don't know where th

 LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES    Takes me back to the late sixties and the explosion of artistic and musical expression that came on the scene. I was in the Army and was in Kingston at Vimy barracks learning my new trade as a teletyp

WAITING FOR MY SKYPE    Foursed already, the bed is made and I have adjusted the blinds to let in some light. My kettle is on for a cup of Sue's fine birthday present. This will be my blog entry for today.    I will

            All the esthetic beauty off the streetall the ugly reality on the street. JWLcopyright 11/07/2008All rights reserved. La Dolce Vita!Ciao!

 UP!continuedOnly pictures today.JWL copyright 11/07/2008all rights reserved           I shot 111 images todayfrom Cordova Streetup BurrardtoHelmechenand had a coffeeat my old Starbuckswith

        UPFar from the chaos of the streetsan almost serene majesty greetsto those who would stopand pause to look up.Perhaps its not on thoughbecause looking up can cause vertigo.We are not accustomed to going to a

    OBLIVIOUSHe was screaming in the streethis right sole flapping on his feet.The tourists looked awaythey didn't want to ruin their holiday.I was as guilty as the restand thought only of what was the bestfor me.Then when my

  CASTAWAYI toil in the wasted dayall my hours passed away.Like the sandal of Ho Chi Mihnwith only one foot to begin again.How did it arrive on a Vancouver Streetwithout the other sandaland a pair of feet?Perhaps blown here from jungles far

 YESTERDAYS CASTAWAYS  TRAFFIC    The day starts to get busy with a wake up call for sirens responding to yet another emergency. The construction site across the street chimes in with the beep beep of trucks backing up a

 Grungy Alley  the Waffle iron building  Glass cell blocks  Round trip to nowhere  Going East  The intestines of Granville Street  close up. THE MUSE IS AWL and today I hate people

 Buddhist Monks  The masters entourage  The finger wave  Happy to know you.  DALAI LAMASo much of the current Olympic dramaswills around the Dalai Lama.Great gobs of sympathybut no concrete action that any

 Gotcha!  And away we go.  One purse snatcher in tow.  Another one to go.  Crime and punishment  TAKE DOWNOn my little trip uptownI saw two security guardsdoing a smack downon one of the denizens

THE CONVERSATIONFour guys in thoughtWhere were the feet for these shoes?calling Herb TarlickA Lonnie Anderson bumAfternoon Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Better dreaming through chemistryOff her medsHitting the wallStood upHow do you like me so far? JWLcopyrigh

 Canada Place with Lions Gate Bridge in back groundin the afterglow of the sunset  Visiting warship  Panaramic View of Canada PlaceStanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridgefrom the million dollar viewon the roof top of our high