The other day Debbie called to ask if she could come and spend the night. Debbie’s a woman I met a little over a year ago when I was writing about Victoria Avenue barbershops. I did a photo-essay about her for school (“Debbie’s First of the Month” – I’ll put that up one day), and [...]
One fallacy that gets a lot of play around my house is the idea that “going for a walk” helps me write. You know, walking: that wondrous activity that promotes oxygenation of the brain, loosening of the limbs and heightened alpha-wave activity in the occipital lobe whilst taking you further and further away from your [...]
Just came home from a fresh foray of interviewing and photograph-taking down the streets at Krazy Kutz barbershop. The research for my feature article is progressing smoothly, if not particularly briskly. This time I got a chance to chat with Malcolm (shown above), who has been working alongside Ian Daley, the owner, for the past [...]