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Yesterday I managed to hit no less than three vehicles parked near the tennis courts with stray, space-bound tennis balls.

Don’t forget to enter the Fashion 18 contest to win an IPod shuffle programmed by Alice! (Okay, programmed by me, as directed by Alice.) Sweet tunes: not to be missed.

in Hazelton, Smithers, Terrace, Houston, Kitimat or Prince Rupert? If so, you should come to my readings! (See sidebar for details).

Thanks to Mr. Monkman at Smithers Senior Secondary, whose wife, awesomely enough, is a former Miss Smithers, for hosting me at my alma mater/scene of many an academic disgrace.

For those of you who live in the Nanaimo area and have been following this story, the owners of a large piece of Mt. Benson have recently reopened negotiations with the Nanaimo Area Land Trust, who are attempting to buy the property.

MAY 27, 2005 BY SUSAN J For the past several months I’ve found myself intrigued by a young man (he looks to my untrained eye to be around...

MAY 17, 2005 BY SUSAN J a 16-year-old boy? Evidence in favour of this thesis : During a walk in the park with husband and dog on Sunday,...

I’ve just returned from Winnipeg, where I learned that the Fort Garry Hotel uses L’Occitane for toiletries!

Miss Smithers won the Sheila Egoff Award for the best children’s book by a BC author! We had a fantastic time at the dinner.

I realise the blog’s been a bit quiet lately. That’s because I’ve been writing letters. Okay. That’s a lie. I have been revising my novel.

Just to show you the categories

APRIL 13, 2005 BY SUSAN J It’s tax season again and as a result I am watching far more than my usual allotment of television. This is...

wild salmon. This would include flyfishers, like my Jimmy, bears, eagles and dogs who like to roll in dead salmon on the riverbanks (you know who you are) and millions of people.

I heard through the TV-watcher’s grapevine that Arrested Development might be cancelled. The following are my arguments in favour of leaving the show on the air:

A conversation about The Apprentice.

I was so thrilled to learn that Miss Smithers has been chosen as a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour that words failed me and I was forced to draw a picture.

One of the great things about being a horse owner is that I get to interact with a farrier. If you haven’t had the pleasure, a farrier is the person who puts shoes on horses.

Susan Juby, James Waring and Frank Juby-Waring are proud to announce the arrival of the newest member of the Juby-Waring family.

She was a bantam-weight three footer that someone had placed tidily in the corner of the room atop a shoulder-high stack of exercise mats.

Last week a young gas station attendant in Maple Ridge was run over and dragged to his death by two teenagers driving a stolen car.