“The heterotopia is capable of juxtaposing in a single real place several spaces, several sites that are in themselves incompatible. “ It was French philosopher Michel Foucault, I think, who coined the term ‘heterotopia.’ A space that is both real and imaginary. Not freely accessible.A space that is other. “..the boat is a floating…

A stranger has come to town. She’s writing about Ukrainian Canadian literature. She’s from Poland. She interviewed me, one evening last week, at my kitchen table. The sky went from blue to indigo as we talked, for several hours. She has read every word I’ve ever published, and brings those words back to me,…

I’ve lost my way to cutting board and stove. Only the simplest of foods get made in my kitchen these days. But classes are over, and I have been free(er) to wander. As usual, the loosening of routine opens me up to the random geography of the city. Wandering, I am full of wonder….