Shot of a drunken me (Jack Ruttan) and the estimable (and late) Sonja Skarstedt at the now-defunct Double Hook Bookstore, sometime in the early 1990s. Photo by Geof Isherwood.
Archive for the ‘literature’ Category
August 10, 2009
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Sonja Skarstedt
By Jack in literature, Montreal, obits, poesy, writingI’ve been avoiding writing about this, because it hit me hard, when I heard about it last July 31. Didn’t want to announce it before the obituary came out, because I didn’t want to be the crow, the one bearing that news. Sad, because Sonja, along with her partner Geof, who ran Zymergy Magazine, plus [...]
August 2, 2009
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Finishing Touches
By Jack in Montreal, photos, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's placeSara here is painting a stump, the last step in the “Ruelle Verte” project happening behind my apartment on rue de Rouen. “La Ruelita” is the name of the project, I guess. “The little alley.” “Thanks to the Sainte-Marie Eco-Quartier!” (the neighbourhood recycling and ecological org. responsible for the project) A spiral – traditional symbol [...]
July 28, 2009
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Street Gardening Part Deux
By Jack in Montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's placeMore done on the back alley garden, behind my place (okay, it’s rue de Rouen between rues Shepherd and Chapleau). Art stuff, and decoration this time. I got roped in to help. My neighbour, pictured up above, got into trying to fasten his tableau to a brick wall. Me, I would have tried to drill [...]
July 19, 2009
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Street Gardening, Woot!
By Jack in cats, Montreal, photos, Plants, Ruelle Verte, ruttan's place, womenThe local Eco Quartier (a little neighbourhood org. that does recycling, gardening, and ecologically-oriented projects) visited the lane behind my apartment, which was generally a down at the heels place, full of burdock and junk. They instigated a project of planting a garden back there. It’s part of an initiative called ruelle verte. Notice these [...]
January 27, 2009
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John Updike
By Jack in books, literature, writingLink to New York Times Obituary I grew up with his writing. At one time, tried to read everything he wrote. That would be difficult, considering his rate of production. Still, with all his faults, and his establishmentarianism, he was one of my heroes.
