

Throughout our conversation, and in many later conversations as well, I repeatedly find myself asking where or how he’s acquired something. It's a kitchen that's open on weekday mornings for the homeless. He answers without hesitation: “The 9-10 Club. I realize it's an abrupt conversation starter, but it’s also a fair question for someone who claims not to ever use money. As David Arthur Johnston takes a seat next to me on a bench in the courtyard of the Greater Victoria Public Library’s main branch, I can see that his greying beard is so long and bushy it hides his neck and that his eyes are a light shade of blue, but it’s his coffee that has caught my attention.
