Corrie Street Aug. 30/15
Simon Sez Simon says sorry, Simon says dad says only cowards hit women. Then Simon goes off and strikes a woman - his mother - again. Kicks, hard shoves, nearly…
Bathing Jamie
Jamie hated baths, indeed Jamie hated water. He was a Collie mixed with something, clearly not a water dog. He had long Collie hair with a thick undercoat. On his…
Corrie Street Aug. 23/15
Repentance Friday ends with a cliffhanger - the hope that Tracy truly repents her actions. She not only deliberately started a fire that killed two people, she has let her…
Backyard Birds
My knowledge of birds is minimal. There’s brown ones, speckled ones, starlings, other big black birds, robins, doves, cardinals and jays. We have all of these in our backyard and…
Corrie Street Aug. 16/15
Clearing for Cathy Cathy makes me uneasy. It's the hoarding mainly, plus the weird way she looks at people. She's like a deer on the side of the road and…
Zucchini Boats
Got huge zucchinis? Stuff them. Here is how my husband makes them using left-over spaghetti sauce. The ingredient quantities below are for one zucchini, which makes two zucchini boats. Adjust…
Corrie Street Aug. 9/15
Playing with Bethany Bethany, the character and actress, is beginning to interest me. This week she has made me cringe while also making my heart ache. She's a school girl,…
Water for Elephants
(from 2011*) In the past week, I’ve been sent two Facebook requests to boycott the film Water for Elephants. ADI (Animal Defenders International) says that Have Trunk Will Travel, trainers of the…
Corrie Street Aug. 2/15
Stuffed Marrow Thursday, Tracy's ex-husband comes to apologize to Ken for his behaviour after Deirdre's funeral. Ken is looking through Deirdre's cookbook. He tells Robert about her stuffed marrow -…