Squid Squirts

One thing I've learned in life: NEVER ask "What's the worst thing that could happen?" Nervously looking over my shoulder at this blog since: Thursday, August 26, 2004

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Corpse Song - my first published novel!

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*Tap, tap* Is this thing on? Been a while, but this is an update I thought my royal and ancient blogging friends might be interested: afte...

Friday, April 23, 2021

How to Boil an Egg

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As kids, an easy meal we often had was boiled eggs with toast. Cheap, filling and delicious. Here’s a deeper look at this breakfast or din...

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Toronto '73

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It was cold out on the water After the flight to NYC, A ferry sliced through syrupy ripples, Back in '73. In search of the promise o...

Monday, November 30, 2020

50 scribblings from a childhood notebook.

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Memories, like watercolours, bleed into each other, creating shades that only exist in the imagination. My fist is clasped around a bran...

Thursday, October 8, 2020

My tennis ball is 18 (WARNING: traces of nuts).

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I cupped my hand around the back of your head, your small, pink face with its puckered mouth and closed eyes seeming too small to be human...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Last Will and Testament of a Distant Aunt

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The attorney’s office wasn’t what he’d expected – instead of a red-spined law library, there was a yellowing stack of old National Geogr...

Thursday, April 23, 2020

When raindrops race

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Strange details stick in your mind from childhood. A memory isn’t a linear thread that has a beginning, middle and end, it just floats i...

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