It's All Downhill From Here: Browse The Strips

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Lynn's Comments: I have offered to help with projects only to discover that I was the only one who was really working on them! The adage, "Be careful what you offer to do," should be added to "Be careful what you wish for." Both can have serious consequences.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Lynn's Comments: When this strip ran, people all over the continent made paper hugs to send to loved ones all over the world. They sent me letters and photographs of the hugs they made and of the people who received them. This was a strip I didn't think was anything special. I never knew when a simple drawing I did might be seriously taken to heart.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Lynn's Comments: As a child, I used to think about this. I would wonder where in the world was the man with whom I would spend my adult life. He was wandering about somewhere, minding his own business, blissfully unaware that he would eventually wind up with me! The irony is that after 68 years--I have yet to find that man.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Every time my brother, Alan, sees these strips, he can't believe he was so addicted to cigarettes. He has been smoke-free for many years now--something for which we are all profoundly grateful.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Yeah--another satisfying pun. I couldn't wait for gags like this one to come out in the papers. Then I would wait for Sparky (Charles Schulz) to call and say, "That's terrible! You get away with far too much!"

Monday, March 21, 2016

Lynn's Comments: A number of my friends' grandchildren are now getting married. The best part, they tell me is, not having to take part in the preparations. Everyone is simply happy if "Grandma is well enough to attend!"

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Does anyone out there remember Melmac? I don't care how innovative it was supposed to be. I always thought it was horrible!

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Yeah. The muse was in on this one. I remember laughing out loud when the idea struck, and I wondered just where these punch lines come from. There is no answer. Like finding a buck in the gutter, some gifts just happen.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Lynn's Comments: When we moved to Lynn Lake, we took with us eight enormous reel-to-reel tapes of music especially chosen for the Dental clinic. The system we had was state of the art for the time, and we felt we had countless hours of enjoyable tunes, which would create a relaxing and pleasant ambience. After six months, we knew each piece by heart and could anticipate the song that would come next. Amazing what the human head can record, retain and regurgitate. Why is it that I can't remember a phone number or a password?

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Lynn's Comments: My husband and I actually took a ballroom dancing class. He was not enthusiastic, but we attended so many functions where a dance came after the dinner that we felt left out if we didn't join in. After a few lessons, we got pretty good at a few steps and it made a wonderful difference when opportunities to dance came along. What a graceful and elegant thing to be able to do! Nowadays, people just gyrate around to something like wailing and thumping. Whatever happened to the art of ballroom dancing?

Monday, April 4, 2016

Lynn's Comments: The two-step was one dance we did manage to get down. When we figured the waltz was sort of like a slow polka, we aced that one, too--but anything else was a shuffling tangle of feet. I now watch "Dancing With The Stars" with my mouth open in awe. (I might also be eating popcorn.)

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Lynn's Comments: This is true. Both parties do have to want to learn how to dance. It's an activity that requires concentration and some passion, too. I think my husband regarded ballroom dancing the way I regard golf: It's a neat thing to be able to do, but please don't ask me to do it!

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Lynn's Comments: I thought for sure I'd have to change this punch line. Things relating to birth control or anything related to sex was, and still is, a very sensitive topic. Maybe the editors were feeling charitable--or maybe they just agreed!

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Lynn's Comments: In the end, the classes paid off. We actually looked forward to convention dinners--and it gave my husband the ammunition to say: "What do you mean I never do anything for you?!"

Monday, April 11, 2016

Lynn's Comments: This strip took me back in a flash to high school and the endless deadline-related assignments we had to do. Looking back, I realized how important it was to have to adhere to a time limit. I would never have been able to do THIS job if I hadn't learned some discipline then!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Lynn's Comments: There is a reason why parents wait a very long time before buying good furniture. Our living room couch belonged in the nuisance grounds.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Lynn's Comments: My brother's anxious phone calls leading up to his wedding day, were hilarious. He wasn't unsure, he was just overwhelmed. Having been a musician all his life, he'd been a very independent guy. Marriage was going to change everything!