High Park, Toronto
Dear House, I’m writing to you because I miss you sometimes and I’m curious to know how you’re doing, what you look like now, and if you’ve ever noticed any ghosts. I lived here from 1972 – 1986 with...
View ArticleSwansea
We moved in the summer before I was to begin Senior Kindergarten. I remember being in awe of the huge expanse of naked wood floors and enormous windows. It wasn’t until later that I appreciated how...
View ArticleHigh Park, Toronto
Dear Old House, I think of you often. I can close my eyes and run my fingers along the smooth dark wood of your rumbling pocket doors. I can walk up your stairs, all three flights, and hear the squeals...
View ArticleMy Home, My Muse
Habitation: 1984 – 1987 Initial rent: $900 Final rent: $1200 Note from Admin: Cecil Castellucci, also known as Cecil Seaskull (born in New York City), is a young adult novelist, indie rocker, and...
View Article2223 Marentette
Dear Occupants, This was my childhood house. We moved here from a big white farmhouse in Leamington, a home I barely remember save for the black and gold striped tile that lined the bathroom vanity. My...
View ArticleWalkerton, ON
** Click on this link to read the lettter: Letter Home-Olmstead Habitation: 1974 – 1978 Purchased for: $45,000 Sold for: $65,000
View ArticleHard Won Freedom
Very soon, the house in which I grew up, will be for sale. This house has not seen a for sale sign in over 50 years so this could be viewed as an historic event. I lived in this house from my first...
View ArticleFour Leaf Clovers
Dear 286 Saint John St. I can honestly say that I don’t really miss you… that’s for sure. No offense but you really weren’t that great to us. We didn’t own you. My single mother with her two boys...
View ArticleDear Fifty-Six Forty-Nine Carson, Burnaby
I lived in you longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. From the age of 2 untli I was 23. I moved away to live in North Burnaby to finish my last couple of years at SFU. Mom and Dad are dead now – they...
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