Category Archives: Miscellany

Good Times with Old Friends

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

Had a wonderful time today visiting with three fellow author friends and TWUC members in downtown Nanaimo this sunny afternoon at a sidewalk table at Serious Coffee as the world passed by on Commercial Street. My compatriots were Della Burford, … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo Home for Sale – $260K

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

SOLD! There were multiple offers on this property and I have now accepted one of them. So this house is no longer available. Thank you all for your interest! ********************** Handyman Special at 345 Howard Avenue! Price: $260,000 (“as is”) … Continue reading →

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Solitude and the Artist

Posted on October 29, 2015 by

by Kim Goldberg Most people simply cannot grok prolonged solitude. This makes it hard on those of us who work creatively as writers, artists, poets, visionaries. To think the thought that has never been thought, to write the line that … Continue reading →

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February blooms & berries in Barsby Park

Posted on February 11, 2015 by

February blooms and berries in Barsby Park amid the sodden blankets and cardboard of the city’s homeless population before the inevitable 58-unit riverfront condominium development supplants all with synthetic building materials and occupants. Photos © Kim Goldberg

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Language as a vector of pain

Posted on July 22, 2014 by

I recently had someone tell me he disowns me. This struck me as an incongruous turn of phrase since he never owned me to begin with (nor does anyone else for that matter), thereby making disownership a non sequitur, a … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on February 13, 2014 by

Welcome to Pig Squash Press! You have arrived at the cyber-home, alter ego, publishing imprint and creative conduit connecting me – Kim Goldberg – to the rest of the planet (and possibly beyond). My forthcoming book is Devolution, coming from … Continue reading →

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Happy 80th Joe Rosenblatt!

Posted on December 28, 2013 by

My friend and colleague Joe Rosenblatt turned 80 on Boxing Day. And a bunch of us artsy fartsy types (plus a few real people who’ve done an honest day’s work) celebrated the grand occasion at Joe & Faye’s home in … Continue reading →

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It Was a Dark Time

Posted on October 23, 2013 by

It was a dark time across the land. The people suffered greatly. Small creatures scurried in the shadows, and a thick pestilence clung to the streets. No doors would open because twigs had been jammed into all the locks. And … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo’s Latest Coal Hole

Posted on October 12, 2013 by

By Kim Goldberg Nanaimo is a town that was built on coal. Literally! And those of us who live here got a reminder of that geological fact a few days ago when a stretch of road downtown at Pine Street … Continue reading →

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Wizard of Oz

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

When copy editors get bored…

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