http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/06/13/somewhere-theres-a-silver-lining/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/06/13/somewhere-theres-a-silver-lining/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:05:43 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=1409

]]> “Shine On”Taken November 10, 2007 with Canon PowerShot A550 My new lawyer told me, “Now, when you go down there, and they ask you for your work number, for God’s sake don’t give it to them!”It was a wicked week. Ups, downs, and a few upside-downs, to boot. On the “up” side, the Lily-Dawg has her [...]

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]]> “Summer Daydream”Taken August 9, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 “They’re fictional characters, Mom. Fictional characters. Am I getting through to you at all…?”Lots happening… Ky’s finally sleeping again, and is back to school for her morning classes, which is good. I’m assured by the school that she’ll manage to get those credits without [...]

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]]> Hiding…Taken March 14, 2009 with Canon PowerShot A550 I’m a-skeered to call the betch, for fear she’ll just tell me to shove it.Okay, so maybe it hasn’t been hiding, so much, that I’ve been doing. Maybe, it’s been more like hibernating. I’ve been working and sleeping and getting up long enough to go [...]

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]]> Bear With MeTaken July 7, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 Apparently, the New Landlord is perfectly aware that my home is the Clubhouse of Oogily Bay, more often than not…Busy, wow! I’m loving the night shift, but will have to re-learn “day-shift mode” for the weekends until at least after the New Year, beginning [...]

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]]> Trojan MooseTaken July 7, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 …a few seconds ago there was a hand in there!Yeah, yeah, I know I said I *hate* these things not two posts ago, but…The Best Memes in Life Are Stolen. Elle said that, so it must be true. Stole this from Elle, who stole it [...]

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]]> PeacefulTaken August 11, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 My husband never got the child part, so I guess I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain.…but Suzi tagged me with a meme, and I’ll do it because she kinda scares me (she drinks MOLD!). Before I get to that, though, I would like to point [...]

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]]> clipped from realestate.sympatico.msn.ca DO draw up a floor plan for the new space before determining any furniture choices. Your favourite sofa may look like it fits in your new home — make sure it does! As well as assessing your furniture for room arrangements, measure large, wide pieces like sofas to see if they’ll fit through [...]

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]]> “The Tattered and Worn”Taken November 10, 2007 with Canon PowerShot A550 I stood outside the building, not being able to see the place, yet, because of the squatter that refused to leave it, and pictured a full basement.Tattered and worn is how Ky and I both feel about now. Our move of residence [...]

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