Author Archives: stripfix

Saturday October 8, 2022

Lynn's Comments: Hot feet. I suffer from hot feet. I have walked outside onto the porch at -40 and been happy to feel the cold. This was the beginning of my "journey" through menopause, and I'm still suffering. In my next life, I'm going to be a man. Then I will have comfortable feet!

Monday October 3, 2022

Lynn's Comments: I learned a valuable lesson: if you're going to be a protester, you need to know exactly what you are against and why! You also have to know the meaning of the sign you're carrying. I had blindly followed an enraged and outspoken "leader" without thinking; without understanding anything!

Saturday October 1, 2022

Lynn's Comments: Dad explained why there had to be a hike in bus fares. They were raising wages, extending the service, and it would benefit seniors, as well, by allowing them to ride for free. He asked me if I knew what "boycott" meant. I had no idea. I felt like an idiot—and I was!

Saturday July 25, 2020

Lynn's Comments: I hadn't used a sprayer before. With a strong wind whipping across the fields, the paint landed on me covering my face, my clothes and my hands with red paint. To get the paint off I used gasoline. One of my worst moments in time was sitting in the bathtub covered in gasoline, which burned like crazy, and hollering because there was no hot water. In fact, there was no water at all. Stories about the farm could fill a whole series of graphic novels!

Friday July 24, 2020

Lynn's Comments: From time to time, our whole family would go to the family farm in Manitoba to work and to visit...but mostly to work! One summer, I was asked to paint the wooden grain bins that were on the edge of the property. I was handed a paint sprayer, some red paint and a few rags.

Wednesday July 22, 2020

Lynn's Comments: There were leeches in Harrison's pond. This we discovered after a frog hunting expedition. Leeches are strange creatures and super interesting to look at…unless they are stuck to your legs.

Tuesday July 21, 2020

Lynn's Comments: Harrison’s Pond was a small "bog" in front of our friend Doug Harrison's house. Every spring, when we heard the frogs singing in that pond, we knew the frost was gone and summer was on its way.

Sunday July 19, 2020

Lynn's Comments: When we re-ran strips that included April in her car seat, I had to redraw the panels to show the baby in the backseat in a rear-facing car seat in order to comply with new regulations.

Saturday July 18, 2020

Lynn's Comments: In Manitoba, you stop looking for hills and other landmarks and start looking at the sky. At night, the stars go on forever, and during the day, you can see a storm coming from far in the distance—for miles and miles!