SQWACKS, SQWANS, SOCCER
We had spent the day at the park, looking at the sqwacks and sqwans when he went boom, got an owie, resulting in a trip to the hoppitable for snitches. To make everything better, the… Read More »SQWACKS, SQWANS, SOCCER
Jane Macdougall
WRONGFULLY TICKETED
Who doesn’t love a bargain? I have a membership to the Vancouver Aquarium. Membership pays for itself within two visits. The Aquarium sweetens the pot by adding special features. My membership let me take advantage… Read More »WRONGFULLY TICKETED
COP COMMENDATION
It was a weekday afternoon. Unexceptional in many ways, except for that Margaret was spending it in the Emergency department at Vancouver General Hospital. No one likes having to go to Emerg but the smallest… Read More »COP COMMENDATION
RELATIVELY REMOVED
Another holiday is approaching. And you know what that means. Another dip into the family gene pool. Relatives! In particular, cousins. Growing up, you had, what? Probably like a dozen cousins, right? Cousins that you… Read More »RELATIVELY REMOVED
LEARNING TO LOVE A PUPPY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
Adorable and pit bull are two words I had never thought I’d bead together in a sentence We own the sidewalk, my pal and I. She walks five steps ahead of me, and like a… Read More »LEARNING TO LOVE A PUPPY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF
TALES FROM THE DATING TRENCHES
I arrived at the restaurant a few minutes before him. As the hostess took my coat, a plan popped into my wicked little head. You know what single people pine for? The benign neglect of… Read More »TALES FROM THE DATING TRENCHES
IN A JAM WITH KIWIS
You’ve got a tub of kiwis. (Ahhh, the false economy of Costco.) You ate the first half dozen but the few remaining are past their prime. What to do? Here’s a delicious option. Jam! Fantastic,… Read More »IN A JAM WITH KIWIS
AND SEW IT GOES
The stats say I’m not the only one romancing the needle. More people are canning, pickling, knitting and bowl-turning now than in the last 50 years I sewed a button on a jacket the other… Read More »AND SEW IT GOES
MOM
You’ll leave the milk out. The basement door wide open. When the call comes, you’ll drop everything and run. Ambulance and mom are words you’d rather never have any association. Such things, however, are inevitable.… Read More »MOM