October happenings

On Sunday I walked along the route of Garrison Creek, in a walk organised by the the Toronto Public Space Committee. The route went from Christie Pits, to Harbord Park, Trinity Bellwoods, and down to Fort York. I met a reporter from Now named Jenny. She also writes for BlogTO, and told me about the sex feature they're launching, and her visit to a "cuddle party" to write a post for the site. They will also be visiting "Wicked", the swingers' club, in the near future.
Fort York, where Garrison Creek used to meet the former shore line of Lake Ontario, is a strange reminder of Canada's colonial past. Surrounded by a four foot wall, just over from the Gardiner, the fort once housed British soldiers who fought the War of 1812 against those pesky Americans.

On Monday evening, at my Native Lit class, there were a number of presentations, all involving food. Jenny and Emily handed out fry bread and pumpkin cookies with their presentation on the writer Linda hogan and her Chickasaw people. The amusing old women handed out popcorn, in three colours, and told us about her visit to the Nk'mip heritage site in Osoyoos, BC.

Today, in recognition of the unavoidable encroachment of winter, I made my first soup for the season, with potatoes, lentils and zucchini.