on tuesday, there was a shooting in my neighbourhood, on vancouver’s fraser street. pretty scary – it was less than three blocks from my grandson’s daycare. there has been a rash of gang activity and violence in vancouver in the last few weeks. like anyone else, i’m asking myself, what’s g...

valentine’s day week … more love … and like every year, a chinese love poem. this time it’s contemporary, by eddie tay cold wind there is a cold wind rising at 3 a.m., and here i am on this furtive pavement of men, haunting the night for you. for months, the wine spilled upon your thigh was ...

pink cat swirl - by moritherapy on polyvore.com - my newest creativity toy. try it out! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moritherapy.org%2Farticle%2Fpolyvore-on-wordless-wednesday%2F'; addthis_title = 'polyvore+on+wordless+wednesday'; addthis_pub = '';...

just musing over a few things here, inspired by some of the blogs i read … at nourish, a bittersweet post about jacqueline du pres, one of the most amazing musicians of the last century. this genius young cellist graced the world of classical music for a short 12 years. then her blazing light was ...

i’ve marked at least 30 pages in walking through walls , the intriguing memoir of lew smith, eccentric husband, exorcist, vegetarian, psychic, healer, lover – and last not least, decorator to the rich and famous, the “king of beads�, the father of the bead curtain. as well as father of phili...

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for those of you who like to spend the holidays surfing the web - here are some christmas videos i gathered over the last few weeks. i tried to make them a bit unusual. and the funny thing is, i’m at my in-laws’ right now where my internet access is limited - so i have no idea what the v...

this image was inspired by my twitter friend gbibliophile, who suggested music by anonymous 4 for alternative christmas music. and the image is by wmacphail. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moritherapy.org%2Farticle%2Frainy-christmas-on-a-wordless-wednesday%2F'; addthis_title = 'rainy+christmas+on+a...

“may there be peace” - what a strange and faraway thing to say about mumbai in the middle of this destructive chaos. and yet. may there be peace. may there be peace in iraq. peace like i have among my friends, peace i am grateful for. may there be peace in the congo. peace like we have i...

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