Coronation Street Scene of the Week (July 31/11)
Care Package Eddie Windass, in the cafe, stealing Roy’s condiments for food purchased elsewhere. Anna scolds him. He asks if there’s any tape. She looks to see what he’s doing,…
Dear Cat Dumper
To the person who dumped a grey tiger and white male neutered cat at Waterworks Parks on or before July 4, 2011: He’s doing well, considering. He misses you and…
Fiat Bambina
If I could possibly justify another teeny-weeny cute car, I’d get the new Fiat 500. I’ve only seen one around here, a silver grey one. I like the tv ads, and…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (July 24/11)
Hell hath no fury Hell indeed hath no fury like a woman scorned by lover, lover’s mother, boss who is also lover’s grandmother, and co-worker who is also lover’s brother.…
Rwanda
Seventeen years ago, one hundred days of genocide ended in Rwanda. It was part of a long-standing conflict between Hutu and Tutsi, two groups who uneasily co-exist in the small…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (July 17/11)
The Good Mother A storyline, not a scene: the unmasking of Natasha’s dreams of housewifery. It started for me Wednesday, with Gail getting up from her chair in the Rovers…
United Empire Rebels
A couple weeks ago, I posted the family tree of the Mabees, my paternal grandmother’s people. It’s the family I knew least about, other than there are a lot of…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (July 10/11)
Waitress from Hell I can’t stand Kylie. That being said, I loved Wednesday’s scene of her “serving” in Roy’s café. Kylie being your waitress could be one of Dante’s circles…
Waterworks Cat
I’d planned to write something about this past week’s national birthdays but I’ve been busy – dealing with someone else’s problem, I think. We have a new cat, found in…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (July 3/11)
Family Trees Two scenes this week – couldn’t choose between them. Very different stories, but both about expanding the family trees. New Dobbs We’ve got a new shoot on the…