The Royal Wedding
I stayed up all night and watched the Royal wedding pre-pre-coverage, pre-coverage, main event, balcony scene and after coverage. I switched between CBC and CBC NewsNet, CNN, an entertainment news…
Royalty
In June 1983 royalty came to St. John's. Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, arrived on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Two years before, I had woken up early…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 24/11)
A Dinner Party Sean touching his son’s face onscreen, Cheryl after her husband battered her – moving moments. But Ken telling dinner guests Audrey and Lewis, “Tracy always says how…
Mabee’s Corners
My cousin Lynda Sykes wrote this about her visit to Mabee's Corners many years ago, after reading about my ‘sighting’ of the road sign for it. She graciously gave me…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 17/11)
Stayin' Alive It was Graeme’s week. Even before all his Christmases came at once and he got lucky with Tina, he was the man. Stayin' alive - the Bee Gees…
The Waitress Club
My very first job was waitressing. It was a street corner restaurant with booths and tables, bigger than a diner but not fancy. I had just arrived in a city…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 10/11)
A Proposal My pick for the week is not the small, unexpected quirky moment. I’m going straight to the Big Event – Roy’s romantic proposal of marriage. It was lovely,…
El perro de la playa
The Costa Rica beach dog - or el perro de la playa - a short story In the morning, when Helen opened her cabaña door, the dog was standing beside…
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
It started with an email I received. You may have also got it, it’s making the rounds. A woman turned a jet into a house on a tropical beach for…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 3/11)
Our Father A woman battering at the factory door, the menfolk trying to decide whether to help, and nary an official of civil authority in sight. In a situation dire…
Zucchini Biscuit Quiche
This kind-of quiche is a really easy, fast and light meal. Once, when a friend was visiting, we were talking and I had the veggies sliced, everything mixed and the…