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Requiem for the passing of a Queen

By Bruce | Published: January 25, 2010
First published in THE NORTHERN VIEW, March 25, 2009 Every time I glance up from my desk I see the Queen of Prince Rupert. In this instance she is a detailed model presented to the City by BC Ferries in 1988 and now in the collection of the Museum of Northern BC. In profile her sweeping [...]
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The solid gold box

By Bruce | Published: January 24, 2010
First published in THIS WEEK, September 15, 1996. At the wisdom-rich age of four years I went to a place where there was magic. My dad had to ask the mechanic to carefully study the big blue Pontiac to be sure that it was up to the challenge. My mom selected bags full of little toys [...]
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Sweeping up between the acts

By Bruce | Published: January 24, 2010
Many years ago I met a sad, shambling fellow in Brandon, Manitoba. He was custodian of a large arena complex. He pushed a wide broom and was clearly out of place, like the long-shoed circus clown who shuffles out to clean up between acts. There was something about him that made me curious – something nautical, [...]
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Bruce Wishart
Whimsies. Sometimes about writing.
Sometimes about folklore. Sometimes
about the sea, or life on the coast.
And sometimes not.