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CARIBBEAN DAYS FESTIVAL - MULTICULTURAL STREET PARADE

livinginvancouver wrote 3 weeks ago: The Queen of Samba is thoroughly enjoying this parade, and so are we The ”Caribbean Days Fes … more →

Tags: Events, 2008, black, caribbean days festival, Colorful, costumes, dancing, Festival, Jamaica

Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers - Postcard #54

Dave O wrote 3 weeks ago: From a skunk-scented perch along Mosquito Creek, Dave spiels about feverish dreams in a Mexican clin … more →

Tags: freeverse, Haiku/Haibun, Podcast, Wm. Lenker, Art, beat, bop, Dams, Fever

Pedal Power

11after11jc wrote 2 months ago: I rode my bike to North Van today across the Ironworkers Memorial bridge. I must say it’s a pr … more →

Tags: Photo, bikes, Jason Craig, Jasoncraig, www.jasoncraig.ca

North Shore Mountains thru a window

BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 months ago: Working Tree 2 Originally uploaded by Yopera I like the contrast in this photo and the clear ligh … more →

Tags: Living, public art, Vancouver, mountains, Photos/Images, burrard inlet, North Shore mountains, container port

HIKING LYNN CANYON1 comment

livinginvancouver wrote 5 months ago: The free suspension bridge. Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge Old Rusty Bridge Fly Fishing In Actio … more →

Tags: Hiking, Vancouver, Downtown, Lake, Photography, Nature, landscape, river, BRIDGE

VANCOUVER BY NIGHT1 comment

livinginvancouver wrote 5 months ago: I always thought night photography was not the thing for me but Vancouver’s night lights seduc … more →

Tags: Life, Vancouver, Downtown, Night, Lights, Living, Granville Island, Science World, Photography

Banjo Sea Shanties and Beat Train Rambles - Postcard #512 comments

Dave O wrote 7 months ago: Starting at the Steamboat Island Woodshed, Dave rambles salty original freeverse with Wm. Lenker on … more →

Tags: freeverse, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Joe Wllmson et al, John Sinclair, Podcast, Steamboat Woodshed, Tristan Corbière, Victor Hugo

Peace to Soldiers and Strangers - Postcard #481 comment

Dave O wrote 10 months ago: Back home on the North Vancouver porch, Dave reads from Clay Mcleod’s essay Why I Don’t … more →

Tags: Jerry Garcia Band, Podcast, White Poppies, Wm. Lenker, military, Nov. 11, Parade, Peace, Poppies

White Poppies on a Rainyday Coat - Postcard #411 comment

Dave O wrote 1 year ago: Part Two of the White Poppies for Remembrance series finds Dave O eating oatmeal in North Van before … more →

Tags: Discourse, Downtown Eastside, White Poppies

Improvising Over Hedges - Postcards #382 comments

Dave O wrote 1 year ago: Busting out a bit of original (un)sung freeverse with a new mic plus guitar-toting amigo Bread, a sh … more →

Tags: Bread, freeverse

Lanterns for Welsh Miners - Postcard #34

Dave O wrote 1 year ago: Dave reads a smattering from Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac and original verse written in Germany in 1992 … more →

Tags: freeverse, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Podcast

Kerouac's San Francisco in Dave's Vancouver - Postcard #30

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: On a North Van hillside, DaveO reads a few choruses from Jack Kerouac’s “San Francisco B … more →

Tags: Jack Kerouac, Podcast

Consumer Warning against Speedy Plumbing & Rooter1 comment

runnymorring wrote 5 months ago: I want to warn people against doing business with Speedy Plumbing & Rooter (GVRD, British Columb … more →

Tags: Customer experience, north vancouver, Plumbing, rooter, Speedy, Speedy Plumbing Rooter, Steve Catling, Surrey, Vancouver

Short Fiction, Coincidentally about Drinking - Postcard #20

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: Out on a nighttime walk, Dave sits in the frosty grass under a tree, by a pond, with a Guiness and r … more →

Tags: Kelsye Nelson, Murakami Haruki, Podcast, Raymond Carver, Shortish stories

Snowy Nightime Porch with Raccoons - Postcard #19

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: From a snowy porch with raccoons chirping nearby, Dave reads from Richard Brautigan, Phillip Whalen, … more →

Tags: ee cummings, freeverse, phillip whalen, Podcast, Richard Brautigan

A Wabi-Sabi, Foggy Morning - Postcard #18

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: On a foggy morning with Osmanthus tea, Dave reads tales by professor Larry Harper – “The Man … more →

Tags: Davework, Larry Harper, locale, Natsume Soseki, Podcast, Shortish stories, Writers

Robert Burns on Remembrance Day - Postcard #172 comments

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: With a head full of cold medicine, Dave reads a haibun poem for Remembrance day and then enjoys John … more →

Tags: Haiku/Haibun, John Cairney, Podcast, Robert Burns

Rainy Day with Letters and Tolling Bells - Postcard #16

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: On a rainy day in North Van, Dave – with strong coffee – reads two more “Letters from Russ … more →

Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Letters from Russia, Podcast

Ice Skates and Vancouver Writers - Postcard #15

Dave O wrote 2 years ago: Dave – on a couch with red wine – reads short story snippets by Gordon Cavenaile and himself, pl … more →

Tags: Gordon Cavenaile, John Barta, Podcast, Shortish stories


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