Author Archives: stripfix

Monday April 17, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Folks at the syndicate told me the American newspaper editors would all change the Canadian spelling of “racquet” to “racket.” Surprisingly, very few did. Maybe it's because "racquet" sounds better.

Friday April 7, 2023

Lynn's Comments: We had a sump pump in the basement and I was always afraid it would break down when we needed it. With this in mind, I had a skeptical plumber install a second pump in the same hole. Everyone thought I was being over cautious—until the rains came and the first pump failed. Chalk one up for mom-upmanship!

Tuesday April 4, 2023

Lynn's Comments: We are all well aware of the fact that growing kids need a lot of sleep. So, why is it that we can't let sleeping kids lie? ...I think jealousy has something to do with it!

Thursday March 30, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Even with illustrations, some instructions are still really hard to figure out. A year ago, I bought a Toyota Prius C. The dashboard instructions are so complicated that I still don't know how to change the time on the clock! When daylight savings comes around, I mentally add an hour to the time.

Monday March 27, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Having "kid-isms" to work with made writing for April a lot of fun. Many of these words came straight from home. Some came from friends, but most of them I just made up.

Sunday March 19, 2023

Lynn's Comments: Ahhhh...I see here that I drew the wrong door in the background. The door you see at the end of the hallway, belonged at the back of the house. The front door had a different window. Some errors I haven't noticed until now!