photo gallery.  Malina took the photo of me as Lohbado. Granny bought me the psychedelic tie in 1969.  Christina took care of three lap dogs for ten days. Vito gave me an old colander from the cottage. I met Randy down on St. Viateur and a few days later took photos of a 1967 Pontiac.

click here to see more pictures. Matt and Chris, founders of Yellowbird Project, did a presentation at Drawn and Quarterly, Saturday afternoon. I happened to be walking by and caught the end of it, when Chris and Matt were talking to reporters. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. September 7 we celebrated my niece’s birthday. We got together, relaxed and enjoyed the warm weather. Too much solitude can make a man crazy. The mind gets going overtime. The whole mental confusion evaporates at a friendly gathering. At such times, life feels so simple and straightforward.

click here to see more pictures. Woke up at 7 AM, Saturday morning, city quiet after Friday night partying, a voice said: John, get out of bed and walk. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. During the summer I moved to an apartment in the Cote des Nieges neighborhood. Malina started into junior high school. Steven and Elena moved with their family to Gaspe. Hot weather is over. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. Ointment, cream, spread, lotion for skin, very healthy, enroll in summer camp. The streets of Montreal are filled with messages, like in a dream. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. It all started with a bowl of compote left in the fridge too long. I set it on the table. A face appeared in the bottom of the bowl and tried to escape. Pretty soon two men were fighting. The fight turned into a dance and then they stopped. It was pretty strange

click here to see more pictures. Arriving at Karme Choling is a breath-taking experience. This meditation center, set in the lush hills of Vermont, is a garden of natural beauty and a place of contemplation and tuning in to a world not obscured by self-deception or deluded mind. I will post photos of family camp in the Karme Choling section of this site. (more…)

click here to see more pictures. First day, after crossing the border to Vermont, we went for a drive through the Vermont countryside from Barnet to Montpelier and back.  (more…)

click here to see more picture. Christina, my oldest daughter, moved to Montreal after years of living in Winnipeg. As Guy Maddin suggested in his film My Winnipeg, Winnipeg is a city people like to leave, although they often end up staying. (more…)