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wende-plante-aka-billy-joe's picture
Jun.09.2009
As I sit here in my home town.  My wife and I have agreed to moved to this northern community for a new life.  We have just been married a little longer than a year.  We were given a home that will be ours in a year and a half.  Not bad.  We thought it will be a positive thing to do.  Leave our old...
wende-plante-aka-billy-joe's picture
May.23.2009
Remember being a child, always being told to be quiet or that’s not the way it happens?  What time line do you give life the right for things to be seen through your own eyes!  As we get older, we gain experience, build character.  Thinking that you finally can see life through adult eyes them BLAM...
michael-boehm's picture
May.13.2009
The most unexpected mea culpa in the world has just been made public.  Oprah Winfrey has apologised to James Frey for the torture-rack treatment she gave him on her show.  Frey is the author whos book, A Million Little Pieces,  described his descent into a drug- and violence-fueled hell of his own...
stacy-ann-nyikos's picture
May.11.2009
This weekend supplied me with countless material for an edgy teen novel, or at least, a realistic one. It all began when my husband and I decided to live life on the edge and go away for a weekend. We have two kids, seven and ten. So, we needed a responsible person to take care of them. We asked...
jayne-lyn-stahl's picture
Apr.28.2009
 Now that the Supreme Court upheld the government's ban on the use of four letter words on TV, and radio, here's a question for them: when will they ban torture? Yes, of course, "cruel and unusual punishment" is already prohibited under the Eighth Amendment, yet we've seen how water...
heather-catherine-hogan's picture
Apr.22.2009
I think we all agree gossiping can be a destructive and brutal session of throwing others under the moving bus.  Gossiping is also calming and brings people together.  I believe there is a lot of brain activity happening while people are discussing, dissing and talking about other peoples lives ...
wende-plante-aka-billy-joe's picture
Apr.21.2009
I have always had to live with the stories that were portrayed as truth, the only reason why I was the bad one was because I wasn't around to defend myself.  It amazes me how people are so judgmental. They believe what they hear is truth and fact. Yet the other person that takes the blame is...
dale-estey's picture
Mar.07.2009
Here is a list of the books people claim they have read but - really - they have not. I have read four - really! I've actually read ULYSSES twice and heard it read on 'Bloom Day' on CBC radio.     'Ulysses' among titles most people lie about reading   James Joyce's Ulysses came in...
maxine-p-soso's picture
Feb.17.2009
"Marital Bondage" is a story about being in love with that special someone who makes you feel like, you want to spend your life with him or her. In the beginning, everything is peaches and cream. Then as time goes on, that person, start to change up on you. They seem to take on a whole...
delia-cabe's picture
Dec.28.2008
I remember bits and pieces of my early years. I wish I could remember more. At home, I was known as Chisaii (), the nickname given to me by our landlord in Japan. Pronounced “chee-SIGH,” the word means “small.” Although not underweight at birth, I was on the small side. At school, I was called by...