House Paint
What is with all these houses painted Baby-Poo Brown? I gather it’s “trendy”, or “fashionable” or something. Sorry folks… I don’t see the appeal. It’s …
Everyday
Daddy
One more thing.… I’m listening to Monsoon House, a radio program starring Russell Peters on CBC Radio One. The woman keeps calling her dad “Daddy.” …
Elitist Art
I’m listening to CBC Radio One, as usual. Q just ended, wherein Jian Ghomeshi was speaking to a producer of a documentary about a couple …
headlines
Ok, here’s the funniest newspaper headline I’ve seen in a long time: The NOW from Wednesday, February 4th, front page: City Worker Pulls Senior From Hedge ’nuff …
Too Many Kates
There are too many actors named Kate. Just a few: ‑Katherine (Kate) Hepburn ‑Kate Hudson ‑Kate Winslet ‑Kate Beckinsale ‑Cate Blanchett ‑Kate (Katie) Holmes ‑Kate Walsh …
Progress, conflict and Poo
This time the reason I haven’t blogged for a bit is that I’ve actually been writing. I had a breakthrough on this-here mid-way climactic scene …
A moment I wish I’d caught on the videocamera.
My next-door neighbours have several birdfeeders in their yard. Over Christmas they acquired a new one: a Squirrel-Proof feeder. It has a large bell-shaped hunk …
Catching up time after the Holidays
I’ve been away so long I’m not sure if my blog remembers me. Snow snow and more freakin’ snow. It’s pretty but.… I’m done. Even though …
“Don’t judge a book by its movie”
So says the marquee in front of a bookstore on the Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge. And it’s true, so true. I watched a bunch of …
A Tiny Little World
I spent all afternoon as a Standardized Patient for the BCIT School of Nursing… a very emotional role and I’m spent. BUT! I chatted at …