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.

constantly

Posted on December 24, 2009 by riverwriter

Snow removal across the street woke me before dawn today, and awoke my demons too. (#1013) Continue reading →

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what looks back

Posted on December 23, 2009 by riverwriter

Maybe the vacuity of reality has its uses. (#1012) Continue reading →

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too late

Posted on December 22, 2009 by riverwriter

My uncle Ron died last evening in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was almost 100 years old. Blind from the age of seventeen, he was a driving force in the CNIB, and a genuinely kind man, a secular saint. (#1011) Continue reading →

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