cities

The medium city

With the pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I live.

Posted on 19 September 2020 and filed under cities, main

The department store window and the feeling of Christmas

With the pending closure of the Northern, Prince George’s oldest department store, I am feeling sadness for the loss of their seasonal window displays. Here’s why.

Posted on 21 December 2019 and filed under articles, cities, Prince George

Walk. Walk walk walk walk walk walk walk walk.

Some words on walking.

Posted on 23 September 2018 and filed under articles, cities, main, ramblings

A plea for candidates

Too many old white guys?

Posted on 13 September 2018 and filed under cities, daily, main, politics, Prince George

there goes the neighbourhood

what are we without an overpriced convenience store

Posted on 30 June 2018 and filed under cities, main

‘We are fixed in our geography but we are not fixed in our mindsets’: on living in a winter city

You don’t have to shovel rain, but you can’t build forts or have the experience of the full moon lighting up a dark night as it reflects off of it, either.

Posted on 11 February 2018 and filed under cities, comments, main, place, Prince George

The urban/rural divide and a more inclusive Canada

For all the talk of Canada as a northern country it is actually a country primarily of people in large cities, the rest of us are outliers. And we are declining. What does that mean?

Posted on 11 June 2017 and filed under Canada, cities, outbound, small

The philosophy of parks

What do our abandoned playgrounds say about who we were- and who we are?

Posted on 27 April 2016 and filed under articles, cities, comments, design, main, Prince George

Why wasn't I consulted? (a working theory)

The people were consulted. The people said they weren’t consulted. What happened?

Posted on 26 May 2015 and filed under articles, cities, main, Prince George

City council takes the bus

Some of them had never been on it before.

Posted on 23 May 2015 and filed under articles, cities, links, main, outbound, Prince George

Growing Pains

Prince George as an argument against the need for population growth.

Posted on 11 November 2014 and filed under articles, cities, comments, links, main, outbound, Prince George

Graffiti

A lack of graffiti can signal no crime, but it can also signal no creativity, no pedestrians, and no fun.

Posted on 24 September 2014 and filed under articles, cities, comments, main, Prince George

The Struggle (part one)

“Yesterday, I fixed that old steam radiator. Threaded a new valve into the side, removed the handle from the base, unscrewed the packing nut from the stem. This subpar toolbox only had one wrench, so I was lucky it was a three-quarters or I’d have been screwed. “By the time I was done, this 100-year-old piece […]

Posted on 1 May 2014 and filed under cities, misc, nocomments

Wandering Pets, Happy Cities

Strangers and a sense of belonging.

Posted on 17 April 2014 and filed under cities

on community

Amazon is fast and cheap but it doesn’t open on Friday night to help launch a self-published magazine with poetry readings and tea.

Posted on 22 March 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, cities, comments, main, Prince George

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