Exquisite Corpse

Yesterday we said goodbye to another wonderful human. I listened to the eulogy, engaged in trying to subtle-cry, my tears indulgent and my...

I will remember the Queen as gracious and dutiful, a reassuring symbol of honour and stability. She was a link with the past, but wisely ada...

I finally got to talking with one of the other fathers waiting in the schoolyard, and it turned out we’d both attended the same school. We...

At first it was a slight reduction in brilliance as she walked down a busy street. Shortly afterwards there was a palpable dimming caused pe...

It’s good to have the CNE back. It’s also good to have reminders of being “Canadian,” like the Ex itself. It was also good to see the Canad...

You’d think the squirrels would get the message. The minefield of barriers, the chicken wire around the tulips. All ineffective. They are ve...

“So, in this one Elmer Fudd’s a Mountie, and he sees Bugs on a wanted poster, and they end up doing a bunch of chase gags through the snow...

“It’s a thing?” I asked the person preparing to wax my schnozzle.      “Oh yeah, you’ll love it. I do mine all the time.” She pressed tiny T...

Tiny baby, eyes closed, snuggling against Mummy, Little puppy, wide eyed, rolls for rubs on tummy,  Bouncy puppy, running at rabbits, pe...

Loudly lamenting the plight of the bees We ban single-use plastic and plant a few trees Recycle our bottles, compost our corn husks Then dem...

Siko’s death was peaceful but profoundly sad. As we do for everyone close to us who passes, we lit a candle and kept it burning. Afterward...

Night shirt plastered to clammy skin, thinning hair askew, she places her shaky hands in mine. I pull her up from her bed. Past midnight, th...

Here’s how it works . . .      The first blade pulls the whisker away from your skin, allowing the second blade to cut it even closer, befo...

“Martin, you're just sitting there, thumbing through their horrible comments. Go outside and get some air.”      “I will, Kath, in a w...

Written storage of knowledge began on clay tablets, which can still be read. Ancient Egyptians used papyrus scrolls, which can still be read...

Delia will tell you she doesn’t dance anymore—her body broken by wear and tear. Yet her every move is liquid grace. Her ugly feet are grou...

Perhaps the last story my father ever told me was of the poker he’d played on a deep-sea fishing trip off the Jersey Shore, pushing throug...

Tell me the stories, the stories of old, Of arrows in eyes, and conquerors bold, Of far away lands, with spices and gold. Tell me the ...

Casey was happy in the early years of their residence at the Home for Retired Child Puppet and Claymation Performers. At first they and Fi...

No matter how long I stayed on the night shift, I’d always have trouble getting to sleep the next day. Beer helped a little, even if it did...