Skinny Chris Love is like bath bubbles. Tender moments shine as they float, then pop without warning. “Could someone in your family be harbouring a secret?” was the question Detective Pritchard asked me less than a week after the accident. I’d just turned seventeen. My answer, spoken with teenage contempt, was, “What the fuck do…
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Life Is One Big Surprise, Danger Can Make You Strong, Always Shock Your Mother
WARNING: Doing the unexpected can seriously improve your health. Life Is One Big Surprise A quick, fun story to put a bit of pep into your day. Don Cloud was on his way to the supermarket. His wife, Rita, had given him a list: bread, butter, long-life milk (the basics); plain flour, self-raising agent (for…
My Brother & I
Kiel, Wisconsin was a quiet place with very long, straight roads petering into the distance. With equal significance in the states of Manitowoc and Calumet, it was surrounded by natural beauty: the river; parks; and plain but passable historic buildings. Kiel and its neighbouring townships were loved. As far back as I can remember the…
