Old friends

A lot of years ago I wrote profiles for a small magazine in Victoria that catered to seniors. The gig didn’t pay well ($10 a profile, $20 if I doubled as photographer) but I loved it because it forced me, an introvert, to call up interesting people I might not otherwise have an opportunity to meet and then spend a morning or an afternoon engaging them in a long conversation about their life. There’s hardly anything I enjoy as much as sitting across from someone as they talk about what makes them come alive. Every person I interviewed ended up feeling like a friend. Click on the names or photos below to meet a few of them yourself.

WSÁNEĆ carver Charles Elliott

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New Town Barber Stylist John Wong

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Poor Rich Bennett

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Wallace Thomas, gentle dancer

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