Commentary

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Alice follows the rabbit

The start of an adventure also known as the birth of a small business

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Gilding the lily

Things are pretty darn great here. But I'd love to have a cream to make me like the Bionic Woman.

Chapter 2
Chapter 2: ‘I thinks about what it might take to keep you here’

I was at the back of the house hacking at wood one evening when fate walked up behind me.

Has common sense reached its expiry date?

It seems the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would have you drive straight from Dominion to the dump

Just Go With It

In spite of the title, you can probably just go without it

One night in Kelowna

Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love my square butt

Kaput by Destroyer

How Destroyer's new album is so good it can destroy your playlist variety.

The invasion of the butt-bugs

Read on for an ingenious way to keep streets (and lungs) clean

Galore

Bruce Bourque gives us his two cents' worth on what delights are to be found in Michael Crummey's Galore, now a bit of an oldie to many fans, but still a goodie.

Chapter 1: The story I’ve got in me

It's time I said why I never left Hopeless Bay