poet Meredith Quartermain will be doing a "Transparency Machine" lecture in Calgary tomorrow night at 7--

from her new "Vancouver Walks" (please excuse the reformatting)--

"Frances Street- –

four miles of straw-sacks at Scutari
4000 soldiers lying in gore-stiff uniforms
packed into place for 1700 candles stuck
in empty beer bottles
open sewer under the floor
no water, no soap, no linen
no forks, no knives
four hours to serve a putrid meal
for soap, bandages, food, 2000 in Barrack Hospital
die

Brilliant Doors & Co
Anglo-Canadian Automotive Supply
Foo Hoo Enterprises

diakonia from the verb diakonien to minister or serve
St. Luke xxii 27: I am among you as he that serveth: diakonon
Romans xvi 1: Phebe our sister . . . a servant (diakonos)
refuge to orphans, aged and sick

to the Right Honourable millionaire
for 75 miles of track,
two million acres (one quarter Vancouver island)
all mineral and timber rights
and 750,000 dollars
as per the Settlement Act

miners living in two-room shacks
funny how settlers couldn’t get
lots under the Settlement Act
till the track went in
and they had to pay Dunsmuir'’s price..."