Archive for April, 2024
Apropos
My colleagues and I at The Spectrum – the University at Buffalo’s student newspaper – published a special issue in May 1979 to commemorate the demonstrations and police presence that took over the university at the beginning of that decade. We republished this searing editorial, written by Linda Hanley, from February 1970:
Easter on TransLink
On my way out to Surrey on the Skytrain to share sushi with friends yesterday, I saw a fellow furtively smoking heroin off of foil with a straw. To keep from staring I moved to another part of the train. The train was filled with sunshine.
On the final leg of the trip back home to Vancouver, on the shuttle bus, a tiny young Latina woman got on holding a splendid ukulele, then was strumming very quietly and tentatively. She was seated right behind me. After a while, I turned around and told her how nice her instrument sounded. She said she was trying to learn a song, then sang it in Spanish in a very quiet voice to the six or seven people left on the bus; the guy in the seat behind her knew the song and hummed in harmony. It was really beautiful. I told her she had a lovely voice and put my hand over my heart. It was my stop. She insisted on shaking my hand before I went out the door.
What a great Easter I had.
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