They say home is where the heart is. Or is it the hearth? Or both? What constitutes homelessness? Are people […]

  I almost took a Sculpture class once.  The first assignment which was to create an outdoor installation and my […]

  If homelessness of an individual or family is a tragedy, homelessness of millions of people must multiply that tragedy […]

  Twenty five years ago a man strolled by me on Viger Street in Montreal. I figured he was a […]

  The Soloist. Written by Steve Lopez and Susannah Grant. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey […]

Short video clip of my friend Edward Charles Lewis. Ed was my inspiration for writing for this article. He is […]

            In the middle of the 9 a.m. newscast I have to leave for work, which is a shame. They’ve […]

  The glare from the neon lights bores through my eyelids making them flutter. I fight  back and force them […]

  Lost in the Land of Plenty   I live in a welfare hotel and when the electricity gets shut […]

  With nails that curved over toes. Her limbs, limp, her eyes vacant. She took her acoustic guitar to music […]

Notations 21 by Theresa Sauer. Mark Batty Publisher 2009. Hardcover: 320 pages. Reproduced partial images are with permission of the […]

 Yves Engler’s The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy   When long-time Liberal “busboy” and former “rat-packer” Don Boudria was […]

 Truth and Treason by Rahul Varma, Directed by Ariana Bardesono, September 8-19, 2009, Studio Hydro Quebec, Monument National, Montreal. There […]