D is for Dogcatcher

  She was walking her dog in the park on a warm summer evening. He noticed her across the field Continue reading →

C is for Clarity

  It was in grade ten that the school nurse advised me to make an appointment with my eye doctor. Continue reading →

B is for Bat

Working at a summer camp puts you in touch with nature. There are the usual animals that come with a Continue reading →

A is for Apple

The recent arrival of my fiftieth year brought along an unexpected complication in the form of an inflamed rotator cuff. Continue reading →

The Global Warming Debate

A Wife or a Car?

I was standing amidst the crowd gathered for the giant,downtown, outdoor flea market this morning when, behind me, I overheard Continue reading →

D is for Disappointment

At the drive-thru for the new donut shop in town I asked for my favorite, a vanilla zebra. “The donut,” Continue reading →

A is for Apology

If you came here for the A-Z challenge I’m sorry, The Menagerie is closed for the season. See you all Continue reading →

LOOK

Don’t ask me! I don’t have a clue what it is either.    

LONG

I am longing for summer to come. Not because the snow will be gone. Not because the weather will be Continue reading →

LONE

Sometimes I come across a special like this and feel a little sad that I am single and alone. Then I Continue reading →

LEFT

When the cold is arctic-like, below freezing, benumbing, bitter, chilling, cutting, frigid, frosty and frozen. Glacial, icy, inclement, nippy, numbing, Continue reading →

LOST

  I recently found this old exercise book of mine from grade two. Inside, on the last page, I found this Continue reading →

LUGE

Some night around 4 AM in the morning, when there is no traffic, just after a fresh dumping of snow, before the plows Continue reading →

LAMB

So if March comes in like a lamb… it goes out like a lion? Crap! More shovelling!  

Prairie Girl in a London Hotel

To the girl from the prairies that went to England on a school trip in 1980, Maybe I should have Continue reading →