The Dead

"Aaaw! Nothing exciting ever happens in Calgary"
That was twinB's reaction when I'd finally figured out that the big brawl had taken place at her former hang-out. She was even somewhat amused that her friend had gone to the hospital to continue the feud - however, fun and \bubblie-ness/ aside it sounds like the incident came so very close to our normal stupid tragedy.
TwinA asked me on the phone if 'B had mentioned that there had been a hunt for a fugitive around work last night, with helicopters and everything.
'Nope - only that they wanted her to work full-time'
TwinA suggested that it didn't mean anything more to 'B than finding a dust bunny... if I sneeze, I'll let you know...
We really can't tell if its the emotional deads or the meds that are stealing her soul.

when they cut, there's no blood.
if they screamed, there'd be no sound.
when they died, nothing changed.
this town is a necropolis full of ghosts and monsters, drifting relics with their blank eyes to the ground, devoid of past or future.
they don't dream anymore.
they don't want to move anymore.
they haunt their own houses and streets, hunched and stiff with decay, no longer haunted themselves by memories of hope or pain.
they don't have to feel anymore.
they don't even talk anymore.
they breathe smoke, not words. TwinB aug.07

Oh You Silly Montagues/Capulets/Hatfields/McCoys...

Big altercation at one of our 'multi-family housing developments', resulting in a brawl that included a long knife, stones, fence posts and a sword. I gotta hunch that one of the families involved might very well be the household where TwinB would draw/paint for weed...
guess I'll find out over the next few days.

Aug. 13 - Oh golly. The information I've been able to glean makes it seem more and more likely that this situation did indeed take place at her former hang-out. She visited there a couple of times while here in June but found the atmosphere rather tense and grim...and that maybe she comes across as being a bit too 'white and nerdy' for most of the people around there.

just a feeling...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODR6rGcluRs&feature=related

Fleeing the Wild Blue Yonder

View from the airplane window as I headed to Vancouver for 10 days. The trip is a 2 hour extravaganza of mountain and glacier punctuated by a rare glimse of road or settlement (depending on the route chosen by the pilot).
I'm back out in the field now which is how I choose to think of this place:
this is the field - not the boonies.

Night Stocking

Alright!..........employment for TwinB agin'

She's been re-hired at Superstore. Different location but likely in the same position stocking the cereal section from 11 pm to 7 am,
Which means she's a night-stocker and a cereal filler.......

Collaborations Betwixt the Locals

The photographer 4 houses up the street from us took the opportunity to have an extensive photo shoot with TwinB during her visit.
Man...put her in front of a camera or on a stage and she just comes to life!

Dwight Magee photo

I Like to be Canadian...

When TwinB was in Grade 1 - and that would be over 15 years ago - the class received the old 'Why Do You Like to be Canadian?' assignment. This was her response.
Our apologies to the missing Altantic Provinces.
However your loss is apparently the Prairies' gain. Don't know if we have a name for that extra Saskachewan she stuck in there...
(perhaps it's a back-up in case the first one fails)