“MY” ROCKING CHAIR I call it “my” rocking chair, but where did it come from? Twenty five years ago, Zak yanked the steering wheel of his truck and pulled off...
Author - Andrea Kidd
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GRAPES AND PEAS Grapes and peas. We’ve eaten them all, so I’ve put them on the shopping list. Jennifer says we should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables...
TRADITION Some like it hot!Some like it not!Tradition says I have to make it, Once I even had to fake it. “One last stir and make a wish, Dear, before I put it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
