ROYAL EXAMPLE
Many’s the time that I’ve been blown off course. I’ve dithered and fretted and taken on water. If I’m lucky, something will come along to right my vessel. Something will shift a piece of ballast… Read More »ROYAL EXAMPLE
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PACKING HEAT
We writers have a saying, “If I’d had more time, I could have made it shorter.” Same goes for packing. The longer that suitcase is open on the living room floor, the fewer things are… Read More »PACKING HEAT
FLAMME-ABILITY
Who doesn’t have a favourite scene from a movie? I have dozens of them and they never get old. I can reliably be brought to tears just thinking about the scene where an entire community… Read More »FLAMME-ABILITY
BIRD BATH LIFEGUARD
One day, I will build a wall with sofa cushions and pillows on the living room floor. The wall will be situated close to a floor-to-ceiling window. Taking inspiration from ancient castles, this mound of… Read More »BIRD BATH LIFEGUARD
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
There it was, shunted to the back of a shelf in the thrift store. It was only a few inches high, taller than it was wide, but you couldn’t help but notice it. Prim and… Read More »HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
LINE PLEASE!
I sat in the stands under the big red and white tent that’s been part of the Vancouver summer landscape since 1990. Unfurling before me was over two and half hours of Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer… Read More »LINE PLEASE!
TRUST
There’d been several men doing work in the basement. Later in the evening, she did a quick inspection of the area. She noticed that one of the basement windows was unlatched. No one in her… Read More »TRUST
PROGRESS TRAPS
How cookies are like sex: Of Triple Double Stuf Oreos and other progress traps. A warning: My mind wanders. If I take my eye off it, my mind can get lost in a souk of… Read More »PROGRESS TRAPS
HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET
There are literally thousands of how-to videos online that demonstrate the exquisite origami skill required to fold a fitted sheet. Here’s one of the best:
THIS, YOU GOTTA WATCH
Is 70 the new 60? Is 60 the new 50? Were our parents older than we were at the age we are now? This, you gotta watch!