​21.06.26

Dia del padre del solsticio.

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20.06.26

Dumplings and potstickers. Mama papa. A fine end to the week. Mist in the air. Gleaming light from the east. Highs of 26•C. Low tide.

19.06.26

Sun. Highs of 25•C in parts.

18.06.26

"David Lloyd George" in name only is what remains of the school where writer Joy Kogawa studied before being transported to a Japanese internment camp almost seventy-five years ago. I took a group of students to her nearby house a couple of decades ago. Joy is still alive, and remaining vital I trust. The school where she learned to read and write, and now reduced to a carved stone plinth for sitting on unsettles.

17.06.26

This knitted cohabitation requires more attention which will follow when opportunity allows.

16.06.26

A turn of events, this one capturing a minor multitude of elevations both oblique and horizontal.

15.06.26

Updates and upsets. Many cappuccinos were had in the late eighties, with frothed tops served in conical mugs. The fug of humid tobacco stains mingled with toilet cleansers near the foosball tables. And on the screens the world cup matches would turn over endlessly for an entire month or until Portugal, Spain, and Italy were disappeared in the series of elimination contests. With this revisit, all that is left is a mouldering shell. 

14.06.26

“Peace Accord” as a floating signifier.

13.06.26

Already the heat is unsubstantiated.

​12.06.26

An unexpected diversion to a centre of healing. Park on 17th. Turn right on Oak. Walk straight for five blocks, jig your way to the blue elevator. Fifth floor. Subarachnoid. 

​11.06.26

It dawned on him that at 64 almost 90% of the world’s population is younger than he is. While on a stroll through a riverside park he pondered this fact until he came across a group of young girls picnicking on pizza laced with chewing gum. The future appears bright.

10.06.26

Day trip to another shoreline, this time in New Westminster - where law enforcement has a legacy that is celebrated. Heritage incarceration. 

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09.06.26

so much depends

upon 

 

a red barb-

b-que

 

drenched in pork

grease

 

awaiting reno-

viction 

08.06.26

Our brutalist interlude was followed by a peckish detour where we came across these unusual amusements. We marvelled at the inflated prices before pondering how far the "Palm Bite" ingredients may have travelled. 

07.06.26

We encountered a delightfully brutalist interlude enroute to the sea. The raked concrete was an immediate surprise once we stepped out of the car. The pause between the state of affairs and the proposition was substantial and lingered. 

​06.06.26

From such carnage,

        the chop 

        of thorned 

        stems and

        debris - 

the pruning saw resting hot,

    smeared, 

        beneath, 

            the wickered chair.

Such is the will

of the hardiest rose

in my garden.

 ​05.06.26

Tendejon Case Study: At leisure the vendor poses post-siesta in front of the bleached facades. 

04.06.26

Tendejon Case Study: In light blue with solar punctum.  

 03.06.26

Tendejon Case Study: Entregado.

02.06.26

Tendejon Case Study: the Ermita Cantina provides another subset which does not qualify as a true example without evidence of a living area exposed to the public. In fact, as it is a place to imbibe there is already a surplus of living and dying nightly. Nevertheless, this storefront does express a classic chamfered corner which proves to delight.

01.06.26

Tendejon Case Study: sublimados, need we say more.