Bonjour! Musings to share from a recent trek to Montreal, one of my favorite cities. Back in November, after the election, I thought the future would bring us at least one strange military parade around independence day, and while I got the exact date wrong, it was still a good idea to spend some timeContinueContinue reading “Fourth of July 2025 – Montreal”
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Visibility and Respect – New Essay
Pleased to share a new essay , “Visibility and Respect,” just published at The Raven’s Perch, an excellent award-winning zine worth reading in full, front to back. This latest scribble of mine was inspired by a recent autumn visit to the Mingus Mill in the Smoky Mountains – and other things relevant to the hereContinueContinue reading “Visibility and Respect – New Essay”
Bird Lives
RIP, Charlie Parker. Reportedly, Bird told his wife, “please don’t let them bury me in Kansas City” . And, there he lies, with his mother, lonely, isolated, up on a hill, behind a iron rusty gate I had to move in order to drive down a potholed gravel road and reach the site. A small signContinueContinue reading “Bird Lives”
Doug Hoekstra 