By Elsiewhere. (from an interview of Marguerite, February 2014) Marguerite moved to Abbotsford in 1991, from Barriere, BC., where she farmed by herself after her children had left home. Now…
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By Elsiewhere. He was the first to arrive at the Rally for the Homeless at City Hall at noon today. “My name’s Renee. Everybody knows me.” “Welcome, Renee. Where do…
By Elsiewhere. “Your nails, Marguerite! What’s the story about your nails?” Marguerite’s hands are a challenge to photograph. They swish through the air like hummingbird wings when she talks about…
By Elsiewhere. WARM ZONE WEDNESDAY. HAIRCUTS BY LINDA K. COLLEEN was first in line. And “Sure! Put me on the facebook!” The thing that stands out first about Colleen is…
Elsiewhere in Abbotsford. THE SHERIFF (in New Westminster Court, December 17, 2013) “The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine.” Nurse Ratched, in the movie,…
By Elsiewhere. “I can’t remember the last time someone cradled my head.” That comment made by one of the people she served on Saturday was The Moment Denise remembered first…
By Elsiewhere. Doreen caught your attention when she was doing some pre-walk stretches beside her car in Mill Lake Park. She was born in Jamaica, and moved to Abbotsford five…
By Elsiewhere. Norm’s home. You sat a few metres away, on a tool box, while he sat on the dirt, at your feet, looking down, telling his story, a jack-knife…
By Elsiewhere. under the overpass, near the tracks, by an oil-rainbowed, murky stream are stories written and left behind by people who come here at night. It’s daytime, nobody’s here,…
By Elsiewhere. They are straddling the greasy ties, sitting, eye-to-eye, on opposite rails. You aren`t wearing your glasses, and, from the distance, can`t make out their faces. See figures only,…