Sept 24 - The Flight to China

We're in a long tube
Hurtling toward Beijing
China, here we come

Sept 23 - Instead of Working

Colleen visited
A rare thing, but rarer still
I had no coffee

Sept 22 - Shedding II

Skates and leather bags
Music, photos, juicers, cords
Godspeed, castaways

Sept 21 - What I Hear in the Silence

Sometimes I worry
That the ticking clock makes this
An old person's house

Sept 20 - Our Audience Grows Distracted

'Blackbird' can't compete
With the scent of apple crisp
Warm from the oven

Sept 19 - My Favourite Couple on the Dementia Ward

He touches her hand
And for a moment they're young
Their lives still ahead

Sept 18 - Uploading Old Photos

Boy in a river
You grew up in a heartbeat
But I remember

Sept 17 - Sorting Tools

Why would two people
Need so many screwdrivers?
Right answer: They don't

Sept 16 - Shedding

The Shockey's rooster
Has found a new home tonight
The end must be near

Sept 15 - Eyebrow Day

She says this might hurt
And it does. But vanity
always has an edge

Sept 14 - A Change in the Weather

The first clouds arrive
Six weeks of hot, sunny days
Fade to a cold grey

Sept 13 - Digitizing

CDs line the walls
Destined to shed their cheap skins
And be born again

Sept 12 - Our Final Night at Sunrise

A tearful last song
Will we really meet again?
Not likely, old friends

Sept 11 - At the Superior

A trumpet's sweet strains
Soothes the diners and drinkers
On a quiet night

Sept 10 - A Beach Day

Fall air brings new gulls
To wheel above the lagoon
Singing strange, rough songs

Sept 9 - Clinging on to the Swimming Season

The sun has shifted
Shadows stretch across the dock
The water grows cool

Sept 8 - At the Gaming Grant Review

Our causes differ:
Dogs, sex work, search and rescue
But we all know need

Sept 7 - Getting By

A flouncy dress, jeans
Stolen clothes spill from her purse
Name your price, she says

Sept 6 - The Truck Breaks Down

Tonight I am a
Chinese food deliverer
Walking to Gayle's house

Sept 5 - The Resident Dancer

He's 62, but
how old really? Clyde just grins
And jumps up to dance

Sept 4 - Snorkelling the Saanich Inlet

Wrapped in neoprene
We float among the sea stars
And swim with the seals

Sept 3 - In My Daughter's Garden

Purple cabbages
Grow round as Geddes babies
Coleslaw on the vine

Sept 2 - Nymph Falls

We eat butter buns
On flat rock warmed by the sun
The boys fall asleep

Sept 1 - At the PNE

He's eight but ready
For the happy terror of
Riding a coaster

Aug 31 - A Night at the Colonial

A cheap motel room
Packed with boys and traffic's roar
Noise rattles our sleep