My profile on hobo Ron Murdock can be found in the inaugural issue of Eighteen Bridges magazine along with pieces by fabulous writers like Richard Ford, Lisa Moore, Robert Kroetsch and Marina Endicott. I’ve had the pleasure of being in the same room with all of these people – though not all at once – […]
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August
31
The Hobo at Willingdon Junction
posted by Marcello Di Cintio
Last month I traveled to the West Kootenays to write about a hobo named Ron Murdock. In 1979, Ron Murdock abandoned the obligations and expectations of regular society for a life on the highway. In the last three decades he has hitchhiked all over Western Canada. He has slept in men’s hostels, emergency shelters, and […]
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