Corrie Street June 28/15
Birthday Party The scariest bit with Jenny kidnapping Jack was the birthday party for her son Tom. He would have turned seven that day, but he'd drowned in a wading…
Iry LeJeune
In James Lee Burke's novel Cadillac Jukebox, a New Orleans mob guy brings a gift to Detective Dave Robichaux. A jukebox filled with 45s of classic Cajun recordings from the…
Corrie Street June 21/15
Trickster Monday, the unveiling of Todd's manipulations was scarily brilliant. Like others, I've wondered what happened to turn Todd so mean. But on Monday, that didn't matter. What was more…
Dog Gone
Eileen Key's Dog Gone is about dogs disappearing from a boarding kennel. Cleaning lady Belle wants to help her friend, the kennel owner, keep her business alive so she enters…
Corrie Street June 14/15
They change so Michael flipping through the years in a photograph album of his son's life, starting with baby pictures. When he reaches the preteen years, he starts to wonder.…
Royal Charlottes
The first British royal Charlotte was George III's queen. She is best known as the founder of London's Kew Gardens and for perhaps having black ancestry. Born in Germany in…
American Pharoah
Saturday, I saw something I've never seen before: the winning of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. I hadn't expected it to happen, but I hoped. American Pharoah made…
Corrie Street June 7/15
Fire Shocked frightened faces smudged with soot. A body bag at the entrance to Victoria Court. The end of the week, and the end presumably of Kal Nazir. Zeedan hissed…
Teddy in PLP barn
Musical Ride II
The RCMP Musical Ride was in Sussex this week at the Princess Louise Show Centre. Tonight they are giving a very special ride in Moncton, to honour the three Mounties…
My Dog’s Arthritis
My Standard Poodle Leo has arthritis in his spine and left hip. Joint degeneration. His running, jumping and dancing on hind legs must be curtailed. I am sad and furious.…