The secret lives of Toronto’s Chinese bottle ladies

“Those who leave bottles out often find little rewards on the step, sometimes signed ‘June’ with a marker. One neighbour has received everything from tomatoes to chicken stock to a cheap electric kettle. Another used to get bushels of an onion-like vegetable from June’s garden. Others get a kind of peanut candy that June makes herself. A woman around the corner was getting so much food – including, just the other day, a slice of melon – that she begged June to stop. June left her two bottles of beer instead.”

 

Marcus Gee – The Globe and Mail – December 2016

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