bottle: Browse The Strips
Tuesday, November 29, 1983
Wednesday, November 30, 1983
Thursday, December 1, 1983
Friday, December 2, 1983
Saturday, December 3, 1983
Saturday, January 14, 1984
Monday, January 30, 1984
Sunday, March 4, 1984
Friday, May 18, 1984
Saturday, May 19, 1984
Monday, May 21, 1984
Sunday, September 9, 1984
Tuesday, November 6, 1984
Wednesday, November 7, 1984
Friday, November 23, 1984
Saturday, June 15, 1991
Wednesday, November 13, 1991
Tuesday, November 17, 1992
Friday, November 2, 2012
Lynn's Comments: Like so many, I would rather buy a can of pumpkin filling or purchase a whole darned ready-made pie, than go to the trouble of making one myself. In reality, I have only once cooked and eaten a pumpkin. In this one true-to-life case, I did cook our Halloween pumpkin and learned a valuable lesson: Never cook a pumpkin you've used as a Jack-o-lantern...it tastes like *#$%!!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Lynn's Comments: Once again, I grit my teeth and told a tale that actually happened.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Lynn's Comments: We were in a dark, high-end restaurant in Winnipeg.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Lynn's Comments: June Willis was not an actual name. These people were fictional.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Lynn's Comments: I was certain I was watching an affair in progress, and, indignant, I wanted to confront the guilty pair!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Lynn's Comments: With arrogance and purpose I walked up to the couple I had been staring at... to discover they were complete strangers. By telling such tales on myself, I was hoping to both cleanse my soul and warn others to MYOB!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Lynn's Comments: I have known a lot of medical folks through my job at McMaster University--just "the luck of the draw!" I once asked a psychiatrist friend from Hamilton, Ontario how many psychiatrists there were in the city and he replied, "Oh, 40 odd.... and two normal." It was a funny line, but the more I got to know various docs, the more I wondered how hard it would be to counsel a patient when your own private life was completely out of hand!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Lynn's Comments: When this strip was first published in 1984 the second panel read, "I can't--all my stuff is in THAT one!!" The other day I received a call from Sue, my long-suffering editor, who asked me if it was better grammatically to say, "All my stuff is in THIS one"--considering that John was referring to the bathroom directly in front of him and not the one downstairs. I agreed, and we changed the dialogue. I guess this proves that it's never too late to be caught by an editor!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Lynn's Comments: The big treasure trove was in my mother-in-law's attic. She had meticulously saved everything. There were ancient skis and snowshoes, lampshades and blinds. There were picture frames, bottles, quilt frames, and toys. There was a trunk filled with clothing--some of it her mother's. We found corsets, dresses, feathered hats, and knee-length knickers--some was moth-eaten, but most was like new.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Lynn's Comments: It took days to sort through everything. Behind every stack of familiar flotsam was stuff we never knew she had. Parting with some of it was going to be hard. We had several family meetings to determine the fate of Ruth and Tom's collection.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Lynn's Comments: The great Johnston yard sale was an epic event. Everyone in Lynn Lake knew that Ruth had squirreled away some fine stuff and looked forward to seeing what would be up for grabs. Tables had to be borrowed from the church next door. It took us two days to price everything and set it out on display. As luck would have it, the event took place on the day of the high school graduation. Students in their best duds crowded around the tables, trying to score a deal ahead of the old guys.