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My books are collections of nine or ten stories, each one a separate mystery, but there’s an ongoing thread that tells the story of the main characters. Therefore, the books combine the characteristics of the short story and the novel.
It was abundantly obvious when Max had completely recovered because he reverted to ‘Hell on Paws’ mode again. The command, “Come”, was no longer in his vocabulary, witness the day he took off in pursuit of a spaniel, ran right
Audiences at Vagabond Players production of Lawrence Roman’s domestic comedy, Alone Together, are coming out smiling. They are also laughing and exchanging stories, for the play focuses on an issue that is plaguing many of today’s Baby Boomers: What do
The end of 2014 will mark 200 years since the Treaty of Ghent ended the the War of 1812. When this subject is raised in Canada, we tend to think of the battles on the Great Lakes, but two years
The first weeks of 1994 were depressing. We and the world were out of joint. The news was dominated by news of Sue Rodriguez’s right to die, or downers from the world of figure skating. Brasseur and Eisler placed third
Poor Max was still in a lot of pain, so he was very restless in the night—not a good thing since we were all exhausted from the New Year’s Eve party. The girls were able to flop on the couch
The few days following Christmas were lovely. Max enjoyed long walks on the crisp, frosty mornings, and afternoon visits with friends and family, not to mention leftover turkey and all the other treats that were part of the festive season.
Once we’d decided to create a Max puppet, the possibilities seemed endless. Max was to replace the poodle in the Christmas show, but I soon realized that I could build a series of shows around his various tricks. And since
In spite of the decorating and the festive songs tinkling from the radio, I could not come up with a concept for my Christmas song. I had written a good script, which included three Pelham animal marionettes—a cat, a poodle
The day after the election, we set off to meet Edna and Brandy as usual. It had snowed in the night, and then frozen, so the ground was treacherous. To add to the hazardous conditions, we were joined by an
