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raising calvin
I grew up on a steady diet of Calvin & Hobbes. The still-famous cartoon strip by Bill Watterson was a fixture in our local newspaper during the entirety of my teenage existence, one of the sole reasons I read the paper that I delivered door to door, clipping out my favourite strips and then later
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Pancakes & Pi
Five years ago today I embarked on a multi-year web comic journey. I have May fifth marked in my calendar as a recurring event to remind me that on that day (THIS day) in 2017 I uploaded the first of about 200 comic strips that I wrote and drew. Almost all of those strips are
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Pandemic Puppies
At least half the dogs in our neighbourhood these days are less than a year and a half old. The pandemic puppy phenomenon did not pass us by around here, and every day as we go for our walks in the rain, shine, epic heat or brutal cold, we encounter so many other of these
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Snow Spotting
It’s hard to say whether dogs are philosophical observers of the universe around them, wondering at the world as it flits past their existential mindset … or if they are simply easily distracted. I think I’d like to think it’s the former. My dog and I go on three walks a day lately. This time
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Houseguests & Hobbled Pursuits
Long-time friends travelled from a neighbouring province this past weekend and used our basement guest room as a free hotel suite while they were attending their son’s sport tournament in our city. Six hours of driving from their house to ours has not been a particularly restrictive barrier for more routine visits previously so much