Civics and Culture

  I see her brighten the bus stop as I pull up. Third and Union southbound, some time before midnight. Hers is a smile which...

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"Geezer program?! You're what, fifty? You're a young guy, man. Don't you know sixty's the new forty?" John and I continue our conversation. We're passing...

That's it. Today, the Kalakala is going to the breakers. The 276-foot ferry's last trip is scheduled for early morning today, from the Hylebos...

https://vimeo.com/102576638 A video of very patient Copenhagen drivers waiting for cyclists to do their thing before turning right.

  "You know what it smelled like, it smelled like those stink bombs kids use. It smelled like that." I said, "those are terrible!" Sometimes the conversations...

I think her name was Katherine, on her way to a haircut. She was up front, just boarded, watching bright-eyed as I greeted the...

A globular form is running across the street, waddling in between the lanes rather more dexterously than I might expect. He's anxious to hop...