02
May/2008

by CHATEAU

 

Behind a brightly colored, overgrown bougainvillea bush in Linda Vista hides the modest home of Christine Hauser. She’s lived in the house for more than 20 years, but this week she’s getting kicked out—evicted for defaulting on her loans. Hauser’s known the foreclosure was coming for some time, she explains, as she leads me through her house stacked to the ceiling with boxes and possessions she’ll likely lose in the shuffle, but, she says, she believes she’s done ever... Read More

06
Jan/2008

by monsterkookies

This post is about my last entry.

It ended up getting published in the Toronto Sun in the Saturday edition.

http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Letters/2008/01/05 /4753890.html

They entitled it "Life Lessons From The Street" for some reason. *shrugs*... Read More

03
Jan/2008

by monsterkookies

Toronto has hit a cold spell - last night, over here on Danforth, we hit the minus twenties. It being almost 2am, I decided to take a walk.

I had always felt safe taking a walk in Goderich anytime of the night - my home town of a mere 7500. But here, I had never even thought about it. Just a couple days ago there was a stabbing a couple streets over. The media has people scared.

You shouldn't be scared to walk anytime of the day in your own god damned neighbourhood.
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