Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

Review: The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey

Michael Healey’s play receives sensitive handling in GCTC’s thoroughly satisfying production. Performance viewed: March 5, 2009 8 pm Running time almost two hours, including one intermission. Continue reading

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consider defeat

Poetry: In sports, as in most human endeavours, there is only one victor, and it may not always be whom you expect. Life’s experience is more about learning to lose than learning to win. When Tiger Woods lost the second round of his first comeback event, that lesson was illuminated. Continue reading

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Leaving

riverwriter’s brief poetic look at the brevity of life, with podcast reading and commentary. Continue reading

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