Second Hand Stacks

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Pryvett Goes to College

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Enter the Kooks

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Seamus, Emergent

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Seamus, my inlaws' retriever, does his best Douglas MacArthur.

Once a Mannequin

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The Golden Playboys

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Benchmarks in Diagetics

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I passed this in the car only twice before I made of point of coming back with my camera. Although this storefront, the former Newlife Upholstery at the corner of Lincoln Road and Cataraqui Street has remained in a delightfully chaotic state for most of my adult life, I didn't trust it not to be there upon my return.

Also of interest upon further investigation of the disabused facade: the building, situated on the southeast corner of the intersection, bears a Canadian Geographical Survey Bench Mark plate:

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Nite Typographers

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A detail cropped from the deep background of a photo taken at the Insomniac Press Spring Poetry Launch.

Selected Poems

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Poet David W. McFadden reads from WHY ARE YOU SO SAD?: SELECTED POEMS (Insomniac Press, 2007) at Insomniac's Spring Poetry Launch at the Dora Keogh Pub in Toronto, May 30. McFadden's career in Canadian poetry spans five decades, in which he has published nearly two dozen books. Edited by Stuart Ross, WHY ARE YOU SO SAD? includes a jacket blurb from Jack Kerouac that reads: "I tore up all the other letters today tho there is one smart kid called Dave McFadden."

Signed Copy

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Poet Roseanne Carrara signs a copy of her debut collection of poems, A NEWER WILDERNESS. The reading and signing was part of the Insomniac Press Spring Poetry Launch, held at the Dora Keogh Pub on The Danforth in Toronto, May 30.