THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT I kicked open the back door, walked into the kitchen and dumped my school satchel on the floor. Then I saw it! My Auntie’s Christmas present had...
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The Songwriter Friends relaxed around the campfire sipping beer. Graham hummed, quietly strummed his guitar, and from time to time jotted in a notebook at his side...
Leaving On a Jet Plane “All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go… ‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane…”John Denver Two weeks ago my tickets and passport...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I boarded the bus in Longview with my friends and settled into my comfy seat, anticipating a fun day out at the Telus Spark Centre in Calgary. It...
Three Times I love going down to my son’s place on the prairies. We live in the foothills and see the mountains every day, but he lives where it is flat, grassy, with...
A Prosy Ode to an Onion Photo by Summer Day The first papery layer crackles as I crinkle the dry brown skin and it falls away from the moist, white bulb. Carefully...
Holes There are holes in the sky Where the rain gets in But they’re ever so small That’s why rain is thin. By Spike Milligan I breathe in the earthiness of rain falling...
Thomas “What was that?” whispered James. Everyone froze. Thomas slid the bolt quietly, opened the door just a crack, and peeped out into the street. “It’s all right,” he...
MARY AND MARTHA “How many are coming?” asked Martha. “Simeon didn’t say,” replied Mary. “He wasn’t sure. He said seventy two were going ahead of Jesus as they were...
NASTY LANDINGS One day, in the 1990s, I joined a group of people gathered around staff members at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario. The workers, clad in royal blue lab...
