the hound meets harper’s
Harper’s Magazine was my favourite read when I was in my twenties. And the Harper’s Index was my favourite part of my favourite magazine. This quote from a 2009…
the answer to: ‘what do these five images have in common?’
The answer is: more things than I ever would have guessed when I asked the question in the Friends of Mississippi Mills Facebook group. Now might be a good time…
Puppies Up?
Kathy Duncan has a big smile, a big personality and a great sense of humour. So it’s hardly surprising she burst out laughing when I told her I once…
i lost my marbles (part 2)
Not much to say about this other than I lost my marbles in December and found them again in April. This poem is about that. i lost my marbles…
war crimes
I woke up this morning to horror stories of slain civilians and empty rhetoric. This poem is about that. war crimes by susan © 2022 war crimes blackened streets…
how much practice goes into perfecting a puppet show?
So you go to a puppet show. (Doesn’t everybody? All the time?) You smile and giggle and chuckle the whole way through. Maybe you even laugh out loud a few…
i lost my marbles
On December 16, 2021, my FB friend and avid rider, Hai Vu, claimed in the Ottawa Motorcycle Riders group that he was “starting to lose [his] marbles;” thus: I commented…
getting to the other side
A real-life story from the autumn of 2016. *** The car headlights swept over a small body as I turned left into the unpaved cul-de-sac where I lived. A…
spring is sprung
Everyone in Canada loves spring. Especially the everyones who ride motorcycles. Braaaaap! spring is sprung by susan © 2022 Listen here: Read here: spring is sprung spring’s the…
war zones
This painting by fine artist and FB friend Don Bruner captured my attention. The subject is the downtown Almonte, Ontario, Canada, the small community in which we both live….