Category Archives: Early Years

Reflections from My Life in the North Country

Posted on April 19, 2013 by don

I was born in Montreal over 70 years ago in a little bungalow nestled between two, three story tenement houses on Chateaubriand Street. When I was six weeks old my parents moved to northern Ontario and it is a recollection … Continue reading →

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On A Stroll Through Lexington Market in Baltimore, Maryland During the Summer of 1928

Posted on July 9, 2012 by don

I passed within the busy mart At Lexington to-day. I heeded not the milling crowds That swarmed along my way. I heeded not the market calls, Nor yet the heat of day. Were you to ask me what I saw … Continue reading →

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Longings

Posted on February 26, 2012 by don

I’d love a little attic room where any time of day I could take up my pen and pad and hide myself away. The sunbeams stealing through the rift of windows opened high My pen would prison fast those thoughts … Continue reading →

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My Urge to Write

Posted on January 27, 2012 by don

I feel like I could write and write And never, never stop; Like I could whip and lash at words Until exhausted they must drop. As though I could reach out and touch The furthest star in time; To bring … Continue reading →

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Live My Life

Posted on January 19, 2012 by don

I’d like to live my life as I See fit to live it here. To let my thoughts soar to the sky Or drift ‘twixt earth and air. I’d like to love the man I choose Not give heed what … Continue reading →

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