Malcolm Lowry Dérive: Margerie (we presume) and Malcolm arm in arm may have walked about town as literal drifters and ever onward to the Sylvia Hotel for cocktails and a view.
From the Sylvia it was a mere jaunt to Beaver Lake and the old zoo in Stanley Park; inspirational settings for shorter, highly descriptive pieces:
"In the lagoon swam wild swans, and many wild ducks: mallards and buffleheads and scaups, golden eyes, and cackling black coots with carved ivory bills. The little buffleheads often took flight from the water and some of them flew about like doves among the smaller trees... Ursus Horribilis: and now they tossed peanuts to the sad lumbering sleep-heavy creatures- though at least these two grizzlies were together, they even had a home..."
- The Bravest Boat
"Trotsky" the Siberian Bear at the old Stanley Park Zoo (CVA):
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