Monthly Archives: February 2017

How Wonderbra and jockstraps became a part of Canada’s history Ten Legends reveal how to make money in the coming year Buying used: I need a car that will fit my 6 foot-2 teen and his double bass Fifty Shades … Continue reading →

I wrote for the high school paper, The Huskian. In gr. 10, I covered the boys’ volleyball and basketball, even travelling on the road with the team. My honesty and lack of tact got me a threat one day when … Continue reading →

Not much different than the one I wrote in 1967. There was no multiple choice component. It was all written and you had to be a good prose writer. The exam mark was worth 100% of your school year in … Continue reading →

In elementary school for years, the milkman would slip into the classroom, read the order on the blackboard, then leave whatever small-carton-milks requested on the chalk ledge. Milk was then consumed by the kids at recess or lunch. His appearance would always … Continue reading →

(my Marlon Brando phase–winter, 1967, gr. 12; at home in makeup after one of several evenings of playing two leads in a drama  (The Red Velvet Goat) and an operetta (Trial by Jury). -Reader of the Poem, Tom Sawyer, gr. 9 -Jock, Brigadoon, … Continue reading →

Collecting painted Roger Tory Peterson cards from Red Rose Tea. These albums (birds–1959, animals–1960) were the two most popular ones. Other albums included Tropical Birds (1963) and Wild Flowers of North America. You could send for individual cards (1 cent), … Continue reading →

Poem.

Poem.

Poem.

“The people had done it to themselves.” –Rachel Carson, Silent Spring No one else to blame. Again.