tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977200171944655851.post78302230756632717..comments2024-03-20T07:44:30.929-07:00Comments on Riffs & Ripples from ZenRiver Gardens: TO Star (Fiorito): Canada Day/Necropolis/1837 rebellion/ Faiers-Terry Barker-BriesmastersChris Faiers/crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932656571471814725noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977200171944655851.post-25853027136662578702011-07-02T13:49:32.678-07:002011-07-02T13:49:32.678-07:00Duderino,
back in the Marm an hour ago ... great t...Duderino,<br />back in the Marm an hour ago ... great time in TO ... and an incredibly politikal write-up in yesterday's TO Star by columnist Joe Fiorito. I honestly wonder if he put his job on the line with it!?<br /><br />Sylvia and I and the dogs walked our feet off yesterday and the day before. For Canada Day we hit the Spit for over 3 hours - all the way to the lighthouse (shades of V. Woolf there), and about 3 1/2 hours on Thursday walking cove after cove below the big waterfront TO water treatment plant (re "In the Skin of a Lion"). So Chase & I are pretty fried, to say the least. <br /><br />Also dinners at Famous, 3 Seasons Hanoi, sushi from T&T, and finally my chicken cacciatore last nite. So Chase and I've also gained about 5 kilos each.<br />Sylvia just burns off the calories ... unfair<br /><br />The visit to the Necropolis was a total Zen/shaman/historical success. Terry Barker and Allan and Holly Briesmaster joined us. TO Star columnist Joe Fiorito is a twin, separated at birth - he was born a week before me - he was also in CLM, a poet/writer, loves Velvets and Stones on funky jukeboxes - after the Necro tour we found a sleazy bar on Parliament St. - named (this is true) GRASSHOPPER - and Joe bought us all a couple of the the worst draft beers I've drunk in 30 years. Met some cool musicians who I hope show up for PurdyFest #5, Mike and Joel. Gave them my card with my email - hope they reply and then show up for PFest #5 - they'd make a great backing for Larwill's shaman CD. <br /><br />Perfect weather, perfect birfday visit to the Necropolis, ending with the funky bar visit with Terry lecturing all of us for over an hour (above the very funky & loud jukebox) on the two new Milton Acorn books, the new Souster collection and PurdyFest, etc. etc. Sometimes we just have to speak out, and a supportive audience helps : ) <br /><br />Sylvia gave me a cool gargoyle for the shaman shack and a bunch of prayer flags for PurdyFest at ZenRiver Gardens. & chocolate cake<br /><br />Great trip to TO!!!<br /><br />peace,<br />billy blake & familiar ... wrffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br /> <br />On 2011-06-30, at 6:02 PM, John Burke wrote:<br /><br />Writing is joy--<br />so saints and scholars all pursue it.<br />A writer makes new life in<br />the void,<br />knocks on silence to make a sound,<br />binds space and time on a sheet ofsilk<br />and pours out a river from an inch-sized heart.<br /><br />-Lu ChiChris Faiers/crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932656571471814725noreply@blogger.com