The Bookless Club

The program came on at 10:00 on Friday nights.  I got off work from my waitressing job at 9:00. If I hurried, there’d be enough time for a quick shower and a change into pyjamas… Read More »REMEMBRANCE DAY

There’s a saying I love: “Everything is going along nicely and then you drop a jar of apple sauce”. Similarly, you could say, “Everything is going along nicely and then you discover another bag of… Read More »APPLES OF YORE

I’ve had to replace three tires this year due to nail punctures. Three tires, three perfectly good tires, with miles of life left in them. I’m hardly a long haul driver. I go to the… Read More »PUNCTURED

So, have you got your 12 foot animatronic skeleton set up for the second biggest celebration of the year? Home Depot’s selection includes the classic Anatomy 101 style of skeleton as well as a 13… Read More »TURNIP-O-LANTERNS

Her name was Esmeralda. The word, itself, is beautiful – mellifluous, full of sibilance.  It’s the Spanish word for one of the most prized of the gemstones, the emerald.  The name Esmeralda inescapably conjures the… Read More »A CAR NAMED ESMERALDA

This is the 167th instalment of The Bookless Club. That’s 167 questions that we’ve pondered together. We started this thing, you and I, back when the pandemic stalked the planet, instilling fear and isolation into… Read More »TEACHERS LIGHT THE WAY

“Did I remember Mr. Crittenden?”, she asked, tentatively. I hadn’t heard that name in decades but in the instant that she mentioned it, I reflexively began fabricating excuses. Albert Crittenden was the vice-principal at my… Read More »GOOD TEACHERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

So, what are you?  A cook or a baker? Generally speaking, if you’re good at one, you’re usually not terribly good at the other. In fact, some cooks are terrible with a bundt pan and… Read More »BAKING VERSUS COOKING VERSUS DELIVERY

Maybe this makes sense to you. Maybe, like me, it makes no sense to you at all. I was taking an elderly person to the Pacific National Exhibition. She hadn’t been to the PNE in… Read More »FUN FOR YOUNG AND OLD?

The traditional symbol of autumn has been replaced. Gone is the cornucopia, that horn-shaped ornamental basket with its tumbling pageant of corn, squash, apples and grapes. In its place, we now signify the change of… Read More »PUMPKIN SPICE RULES!