The Bookless Club

We were talking about a mutual friend.  “He’s a good egg”, I said. She cocked her head and looked at me sideways. “Egg? A good egg? What does that mean?” she asked in her accented… Read More »YOU DON’T SAY …

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

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

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

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?

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!

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

There are few things more intimate. Few things are as revealing. You can play tennis with a virtual stranger. You can have dinner with an acquaintance. Many’s the relationship launched over coffee. Convening for drinks… Read More »THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ICE CREAM CONES

My mom likes to cook. On our weekly trip to the public library, I’d peruse Nancy Drew mysteries while she’d rifle the Time Life cookbook series on world cuisines. She’d thumb through the pages of… Read More »GOOD INTENTIONS GONE AWRY