by mvboronowski | Jul 31, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
Dear Kurt Heinrich, I know that you’re not Johnisms biggest fan. Fair enough. As someone not named John, you will be irrelevant and, probably, disappeared when the revolution comes. Speaking of “the revolution,” Johnism – actually, Jonism...
by mvboronowski | Jul 30, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Greece. The cradle of European civilisation. Of democracy. Of mathematics and philosophy. Of poetry (think Homer, not Simpson!). The backdrop to the epic poem “Hyperion” by German national poet Friedrich Hoelderlin (and that’s only the first that springs to my mind,...
by mvboronowski | Jul 29, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Last night, I went to a play at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre called Oliver Handelschmidst’s Weird and Wonderful Circus. My 10 year old cousin-in-law was in the play, and did a wonderful job (go Quinn!). After a nerve-wracking ten minutes in which I did not know that his...
by mvboronowski | Jul 28, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
Trust me. I’m going somewhere cool with this. On Monday afternoon I was skimming a newsletter from up-and-coming twitblog, The Tyee. Two stories caught my attention. The first was about a supercool Downtown Eastside writers collective called Thursdays, which...
by mvboronowski | Jul 27, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
It’s summer, and with August long weekend nearly upon us I thought it time to share a camping tip that’s near and dear to my heart. Eating and drinking well is one of my primary concerns when attacking a wilderness adventure. Actually, it’s one of my primary concerns...
