It’s just like a book club, only there’s no book and no club.
Wind in the Willows. Charlotte’s Web. The Velveteen Rabbit. Someone far more efficient than I had preserved and donated their childhood library to the Salvation Army thrift store. Inside of each book cover a name… Read More »BEST LOVED BOOKS FROM CHILDHOOD
If you showed up at someone’s door in July with nine feet of evergreen, they wouldn’t let you in. Come December, you’re a hero! A giant plume of fir or pine that eats up half… Read More »FAKE-MASS TREES VERSUS FARMED
The dark side of gift wrapping. Starting right about now, we become a nation of cottage crafters. A nation of meticulous measurers and folders of fine fidelity. Any large horizontal expanse will be commandeered for… Read More »OH, YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE
A pet is many things. A constant companion – who else is unfailingly thrilled to see your sorry face? A personal trainer – who else gets you out for a brisk walk, if not the… Read More »A DOG’S BREAKFAST … MATTERS!
We had just moved into our new house. Just as neighbours were putting Santa and his reindeer up on their roofs, or a cheery, lit-from-within plastic snowman on their front lawn, we, too, were putting… Read More »HOLIDAY DECOR FOR HEATHENS
Someone was pounding on the hotel room door. Even with the shower going at full bore, I could hear the loud thumping. Wrapping myself in a towel, I peered out the peephole. No one was… Read More »LIGHTNING STRIKES
It’s said that a kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen. Perhaps, then, it is also true that a kitchen without a steel is not a kitchen? A steel, of course, is that menacing… Read More »STEEL YOURSELF
I recently saw something at the airport that really impressed me. A young fellow had lined up several rolling suitcases and was stretched out over the top of them, kind of like a human bridge… Read More »ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
I have a rule around Halloween candy. I only buy candy I don’t like. It’s a pretty narrow caveat given that I love pretty much all candy but it’s just too treacherous having little candy… Read More »SCARY SCARCITY
Lots of things are bad for you. Alcohol is a class one carcinogen and, of all the class one carcinogens, it’s my favourite … especially if limes and salted rims are involved. It’s good, however,… Read More »CANNABIS