Heroes Category
The Cat Came Back
Posted on July 25, 2021 4 Comments
Hi there! This is a re-post about my neighbour’s cat, George, who disappeared a couple years ago and then returned, not unscathed but alive. Nowadays, George and his other feline housemate sleep contentedly under our full hazelnut bush. They’re both so happy to be there until I water the wildflowers in front of the bush […]
Of Bertrand Russell and Linseed Oil
Posted on June 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
What I’m doing now: I finished applying boiled linseed oil to the old fence as practice for treating the enclosed deck exterior with it. I really like how it made the wood planks look, deeper in tone. I don’t think the deck wood will become quite as dark because the wood on the deck is […]
A Caturday Post (About Cats)
Posted on April 25, 2020 7 Comments
Lately, I’ve been dreaming about cats. The other night I dreamt that a half-grown grey cat brought a small mouse into the garage where I was working. The cat set the dead mouse down a couple metres from me (physically distancing herself) and began picking away delicately at the rodent. Soon after, another cat, […]
A Kind Of Resurrection Story
Posted on April 13, 2020 Leave a Comment
Here’s a re-post of a family history story I wrote a few Easters back now. A lot has changed since then but a lot has stayed the same, too. Take care and thanks for reading. – Lori My grandma didn’t like living on the farm. Well, not most of the time. I don’t know exactly […]
Kids Survive the Darnedest Things
Posted on February 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
Hi there! Here’s a post I put together for the Amisk-Hughenden Historical Society all about a lost child and the dream a man had that told him exactly where to find her. Kids Survive the Darnedest Things Little nine-year-old Ethel Thorpe, caused a stir in the community that old timers will never forget. July 13, […]
The Cat Came Back
Posted on October 19, 2019 6 Comments
Hi there! This is a re-post about my neighbour’s cat, George, who disappeared a couple years ago and then returned, not unscathed but alive. Nowadays, George and his other feline housemate sleep contentedly under our full hazelnut bush. They’re both so happy to be there until I water the wildflowers in front of the bush […]
What I Learned From Steve Earle
Posted on September 28, 2018 Leave a Comment
The other night, we went to see Steve Earle and The Dukes. Because it is the 30th anniversary of Copperhead Road’s release, they played all the songs from the album from the first one, Copperhead Road, to the last song, Nothing But a Child, in order and Steve Earle even told us when they […]
More Like Her
Posted on August 17, 2018 2 Comments
Patient and selfless, she’s everything I want to be. I met a lady this summer that made me want to change my life, to slow down, and to focus on what matters. I suppose I met a hero, someone I aspire to be like. I’ve watched her work. She set up her workspace efficiently and […]
Avoiding Writing About Anthony Bourdain – A Summer Morning Photo Blogpost
Posted on July 6, 2018 Leave a Comment
This photo blog is lovely, but it is also a cop-out. This is me still avoiding writing about Anthony Bourdain’s suicide that took place on June 8th in a hotel room in France. Many of the pieces I’ve read about the incident state that Bourdain was staying in a “luxury” hotel, as if it’s impossible […]
A Kind Of Resurrection Story
Posted on March 23, 2018 6 Comments
My grandma didn’t like living on the farm. Well, not most of the time. I don’t know exactly why this was. It might have had to do with her glamourous sisters and one sister in particular. My great aunt Esther trained to be a nurse in Edmonton and then moved to California. Once there, and […]
