Sussex NB Dog Park
In Sussex, New Brunswick, when the first snow of the season hit. Beautiful weather the past few days, then bam – rain, snow and high winds. Not as bad as…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 30/11)
Business Watched only a bit of Corrie today, so I don't know everything that happened. But Dev explaining the full extent of their financial problems to Sunita was very moving.…
Me & Louis L’Amour
I stayed with my brother for a couple weeks once. I never thought of him as a reader, I was the “bookworm” in the family. But in his living room…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 23/11)
The Best Man The week ended as it started – with Peter and Nick. And Leanne and Carla. At the end of Friday’s episode, Peter told Leanne he knew about…
Prime Time
Last month, the new prime time tv programmes were rolled out. Many are good. They threw my life into chaos because I actually wanted to watch them. Person of Interest,…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 16/11)
The Good Soldier Writing this after Monday’s episode, pretty sure nothing is going to top Gary’s description of what happened in Afghanistan.* Gary has been unraveling since he came home.…
Walking in the Woods
When I moved back to southwestern Ontario, I thought walking in the woods would be over for me and my dog. Groomed parks maybe, but no acres of forest or…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 9/11)
Joy of Joy It seems wrong to say you enjoyed watching an old lady die of heart failure after finding out that her son was dead and his body buried…
Recorded Campaigning
This election I don’t know who I’m going to vote for. When the electioneering machine started cranking up, so did the recorded messages. You know, the taped messages that lazy…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 2/11)
Agatha Christie? Despite the sight of Tracy Barlow lying bloodied on the ground by the Barlows’ back door, the scene this week for me was Emily Bishop telling Tracy just…