Category Archives: Creative Works

Quack

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Dave Pollard

This is #28 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community. mergansers in Bowen Island’s lagoon; my own photo I‘m sitting … Continue reading →

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Three Characters Walk Into a Bistro…

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Dave Pollard

This is a work of fiction.

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Separate

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Dave Pollard

This is #27 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community. photo by Laitche at wikimedia, CC-BY-SA 4.0. Taken at Daisen … Continue reading →

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No Wonder

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Dave Pollard

There is no thriving during a time of collapse but there is lots of joy. You can find it in the faces of babies, the wagging tails of dogs on walks and the flocks of crows noisily massing for their … Continue reading →

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In a Foreign Land

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is #25 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community. photo taken here in Coquitlam by Vancouverite Ashika Morasiewicz In … Continue reading →

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The Only Game in Town

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Dave Pollard

A rather unsubtle parable, because that’s just how I’m feeling today after reading the news. The game you loved to hate has morphed in recent years. The newest versions are cashless (you swipe the title deed with your ‘debit card’), … Continue reading →

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Transported

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is #24 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community.  fall colours in Coquitlam; all the (mostly awful) photos in … Continue reading →

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Tribes

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is #22 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community.  image above from the wild human initiative I never really … Continue reading →

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Crouching Tiger

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is a work of fiction. Many years ago, a mother tiger gave birth to three cubs, and for the first few months of their lives, the cubs lived ordinary, extraordinary, tiger cub lives. One day, however, the mother tiger … Continue reading →

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The Miscalculation

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is a work of fiction. “The Aftermath” by Midjourney AI; my own prompt The situation was grim. The Ukrainian War, dragging into its fourth year, had essentially illustrated the utter bankruptcy of any idea that a war in the … Continue reading →

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