When The Ladies From The Church Come To Call.

People support charities in various ways. Some people give money, some people give their time and talents and some people give things. I give fuel.

Those amazing women who spend hours knitting and sewing and preparing Christmas packages for people who need help have to spend hours together, drinking coffee or kool aid, in the damp basement of the church and well ... their fuel is the gossip they share. I provide gossip.

When they come to visit me I like to leave things around the house for them to find .. not obvious or anything ... but things like handcuffs stuffed behind the pillow of the couch ... crotchless panties hanging out of the laundry basket, Bambi does New York on the coffee table., a giant dildo next to the hand soap in the bathroom ....

It works for both of us. They don't stay long, it is a long time before they come back again, AND it warms my heart to think of them down there in the church basement talking about what they saw and what a pervert I am.

Next time you think you have nothing to give ... be creative ... there are many many ways to help out.

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Puddles of Bliss.

I need to complain. I am complaining partly because I can't help myself but also to meet the expectations that people have come to hold regarding me. It is hot.

When you roll out of bed wet from the extreme effort of trying to sleep all night ... you know it is not going to be a good day. When the birds don't sing ... instead they are lying around the pool gasping for air ... you know it is not good. When you see your neighbours all sitting in their air conditioned car watching their iphones ... you know it is not good.

I would do a rain dance but the idea of lifting my leg to clog is exhausting ... unfortunately if you are not moving your arms or legs when you clog the rain dance ... it is called "standing" and even if you are doing it with the intent of pleading for rain ... there is no such thing as a "rain stand."

I just wanna say ... if they come looking for me I will be the melted puddle in the middle of the road. I will try to dress so that I look good on those forensic type shows but I just wanna say ... if they clear the neighbour and my brother from having done the crime ... it was the heat ... and my poor little Canadian heart just could not handle it.

I have to go put my laptop in the freezer now ... it is melting.

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Weighing in on Fur.

Farmers don't wear a lot of fur. Farmers are like more flamboyant witches, they work with nature to try and control the world.

Farmers don't like to piss off the animals. You would never see the hired man with a cow skin purse trying to milk the cows because those cows can control their milk. Help them find their bliss and they are happy to provide. Wave their Aunt Bossy reduced to wallpapering a fashion accessory and they are not very happy ... no matter how stunning the gold hardware and the heavy link shoulder strap.

You try to stay out of the food chain too. So wearing a rabbit fur into the forest sort of makes you fair game for the wolf packs. They are especially motivated because you not only look like a rabbit .. you are one freaking BIG rabbit.

So that is where plaid came into fashion. Plaid and denim ... sturdy, non animalistic and safe. That pretty much sums up fashion on the prairies.

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Pookie Sans the Swallows.

See the bunny? Down by my leg there? That is my brother's bunny. Pookie.

Every kid tends to have some kind of "special" something they need to hang on to. Some kids have a blankie ... some a toy ...my brother had Pookie the bunny from Pookie and the Swallows. He cried every time I read him that story. At first I thought it was just because he could not read himself but then I realized he was actually a big weenie. Once you realize your brother is a weenie .. there is just no going back you know ....

He originally wanted a little swallow but they didn't like being cuddled and drooled on every night so he had to settle for a bunny instead.

I stole Pookie. I didn't want it for myself ... I just liked that he wanted it so much. The only thing I liked to hold onto in my childhood was my other hand. I never let me down ... not like Pookie did to my brother ... poor bugger ...

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Big Night Out At The Fights.

Last night was epic.

We were about to get into a car and leave the mall parking lot when two mothers with teenage daughters in tow started yelling. Their first clue should have been that both their daughters looked first up at the heavens and then down at the ground as they tried to decide which awesome power might be most sensitive to their need to disappear. Ever resourceful, both girls started to dig at the pavement with their perfectly manicured, inappropriately high stiletto incapsulated, feet.

I love it when grownups fight over children. They never ever notice the pool of melted butter at their own child's feet and it just escalates with each parent telling the other parent what they know the child has been doing when the other parent had no idea. They both have dirt on everyone else's child. Their child has conveniently blamed their "friends" in the interest of maintaining time honoured illusions that they are just this side shy of being translated into sainthood. All parents well being depend on not shattering the illusion.

The air was thick with "ya well YOUR child ... " and "How dare you's" and "MY child would NEVER do anything like that."

THEN there was Silence. And the mothers began to dig their own perfectly manicured, slightly more appropriate stiletto incapsulated, feet into the pavement as they replayed the litany of accusations freshly levelled against their own daughters. I cannot be completely sure but I think I saw one mother actually glance down and SEE the pool of melted butter.

They both harrumphed appropriately ... more for the benefit of the crowd gathered, sharing popcorn .... and marched off to their cars. We watched them drive out of the parking lot ...

I am not the best at reading hand signals although I did recognize a few through the steamed foggy glass as the shiny SUV roared past me with one mother and daughter. I heard this wounded bull sound that emanated from the drivers side ....

I am envisioning a really interesting weekend for all of those ladies. It is kind of heartwarming to be part of a community.

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Toads That Mock.

I have not quite figured out whether the cane toads are sent here to mock us but I am pretty sure this theory is worthy of further examination.

The fact I am locked in a padded room while contemplating it should bear no relevance on the validity you place on my suppositioningisms.

I think we have become too wrapped up in our race for physical perfection. We want beauty and superficial evidence that our "chosen one" is perfect instead of worrying about deep down qualities that translate well to longevity and old age. Grandpas have to be kind. It is a rule. If not .. they are just dirty old men. So I think God got kind of fed up and said, "OK then for you." I think then he made the cane toads and said, "forget making it easy with nice cute little frogs ... you superficial women you ... if you want a real prince of a guy you have to kiss toads ... ugly poisonous toads that will not die and multiply like rabbits (except they are not cute or furry).

You see it's a test. Will we wake up to ourselves and realize that real princes can be found inside ugly toads? (Look at Prince Charles .. and if you have another plausible explanation for him ...then I would sure like to hear it) So ya ... that is it. Finding a prince is harder now thanks to all you beautiful people.

Oh and don't be coming into my yard and trying to kiss my cane toads. Find your own. The rule of cake applies to toads. If you have already licked a piece, it is yours. I have licked them all and will get down to the kissing when I get out of here ...


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City and Country ... the Big Differences.

You may think that parents in the city have a whole lot more to worry about and hence the hidden teddy bear cams and the need to supervise your teens but that is just not so.

I know our high school was out in the middle of nowhere and we could not just leave the school and go hang at someone's house whose parents were at work and party all day .. mainly because none of us were long distance runners and all our parents worked on the farm ...but that did not deter us. Raging hormones are probably the biggest source of creativity known to man. We learned to make due with haystacks, a box in the ditch, and abandoned granaries.

Our parents didn't need teddy bear camera technology. They had cows. Cows are everywhere on the prairies.

Cows will sell you out in a heartbeat ...

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