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.

A Sneaky Word

Sometimes, instead of being swayed by a speaker’s words, we should think about what the words really mean. Continue reading

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First Spring

When I was a kid in the north, we had one Spring each year, in April. I got on my bike, and that was that. But here, in southern Ont. . . Continue reading

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Vignette: Two old guys walking in heavy traffic

Tommy:     So, do you get out much? Walter:     Sorry? Tommy:     So you go walking often? Walter:     Oh, I have some lozenges,  but I can’t reach ‘em; they’re in my inside jacket pocket. Tommy:     That guy … Continue reading

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