Mark Hamilton
@gmarkham.bsky.social
Retired from years of journalism and teaching and living in Vancouver. Words to live by: “When we play music, immediately everything is nice.” — Evgenios Voulgaris. Current project is a blog featuring a rebetiko song of the day and more: www.tamark.ca/wp
I just started reading this, dealing the life of Gerda Taro, and I am already hooked.
July 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I just started reading this, dealing the life of Gerda Taro, and I am already hooked.
Picked this up just because it looked like fun. So far, it is. Sample: "Often the cause of death is either 'got too greedy' or 'Napoleon turned up'." I'm also within pages of finishing Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, which is both moving and delightful.
May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Picked this up just because it looked like fun. So far, it is. Sample: "Often the cause of death is either 'got too greedy' or 'Napoleon turned up'." I'm also within pages of finishing Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, which is both moving and delightful.
Discovered this in my favourite local independent bookstore and it is very, very good: Roddy Doyle meets Mary Renault meets Euripides.
April 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Discovered this in my favourite local independent bookstore and it is very, very good: Roddy Doyle meets Mary Renault meets Euripides.
The most Canadian thing I own: it was a toss-up between this, a Leonard Cohen songbook (from his first album) and an Ian and Sylvia vinyl album.
April 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The most Canadian thing I own: it was a toss-up between this, a Leonard Cohen songbook (from his first album) and an Ian and Sylvia vinyl album.
That's an interesting juxtaposition of images.
March 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
That's an interesting juxtaposition of images.
This is on Google Maps in Canada. So, Apple Maps it is from now on, unless anyone can show me any other place in the world where Google is using both the internationally acknowledged name and the strictly local name.
February 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is on Google Maps in Canada. So, Apple Maps it is from now on, unless anyone can show me any other place in the world where Google is using both the internationally acknowledged name and the strictly local name.
Well, good morning winter. First snow of the season.
February 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Well, good morning winter. First snow of the season.
Interesting that these are back-to-back in my timeline at the moment.
November 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Interesting that these are back-to-back in my timeline at the moment.
FFS. Here is a picture of the line of men waiting to transition so they can compete in women’s sports.
October 24, 2024 at 7:51 PM
FFS. Here is a picture of the line of men waiting to transition so they can compete in women’s sports.
I am enjoying this so much more than I enjoyed The Iliad (although that read was a worthwhile struggle).
October 2, 2024 at 8:04 AM
I am enjoying this so much more than I enjoyed The Iliad (although that read was a worthwhile struggle).
Discovered a new-to-me bookstore and came home with these.
September 4, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Discovered a new-to-me bookstore and came home with these.
August 24, 2024 at 3:53 AM
I get my news from a reliable source. (Lorne Greene -- Pa Cartwright -- on CBC).
August 9, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I get my news from a reliable source. (Lorne Greene -- Pa Cartwright -- on CBC).
Yesterday, I saw a display of Fred Herzog's black and white work. Today, I'm slowly making me way through the book, savouring every photograph.
August 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Yesterday, I saw a display of Fred Herzog's black and white work. Today, I'm slowly making me way through the book, savouring every photograph.
The Invention of Prehistory, which is not (quite) as geeky as it may sound.
August 3, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The Invention of Prehistory, which is not (quite) as geeky as it may sound.