Ken Follett

He’s walking right to me.  He walks with the springy gait and stiff shoulders of a resident gym rat, huge negative space between his bowed thighs and his arms sit well away from his torso.  The subway platform isn’t crowded at this time of day but he’s not stopping at any Read more

By justk, ago

‘After two year’s of living with her parents’

Some things you just know. Zara’s Advanced Humanities teacher encouraged her to call it intuition. Zara was pretty sure sharing a bloodline with people gave you an intuitive edge about them but that didn’t necessarily constitute an intuitive gift.  Since childhood Zara had a sense that her parents were living with a big secret. Read more

By justk, ago

‘For all his huffing’

It’s not just because he wants better for me.  That’s just the script, the lines he’s supposed to say to justify his actions in the never-ending scene of rage. He’s an angry man.  He’s angry that all the things he didn’t have and had to fight for come so easily Read more

By justk, ago

New York Minutes

8 minutes, March 26, 2014; platform for the A train (express) They’re supposed to be super fast in this city built for speed.  Lightening speed, pulsating and caffeinated like the inky joe served up in the iconic blue cups.  But minutes are an eternity when my bladder is full. Across the Read more

By justk, ago

Operation Hibernation completed.

Despite my best intentions I’ve been MIA all year. The thing is my head got bashed in pretty bad.                   Ok, not really, the photo was taken while shooting CRACKED (CBC TV).  The make-up department is stellar. The truth is I was up to Read more

By justk, ago

My state of mind

It’s a new year, a new chapter, a new city. New York City. It’s the city of my childhood dreams. I lived the dream briefly when I went to theatre school here. I didn’t stick around because I reasoned it would be wiser to strike out in a smaller pond Read more

By justk, ago

carpe diem

It’s how an ordinary day becomes extraordinary. I don’t know it’s going to happen when I open I eyes. I’m just glad for another day and I try to practice all the mindfulness and awareness possible before I’m wired with caffeine and internet. If I’m not behind schedule with the Read more

By justk, ago