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Sunday June 22, 2025

Lynn's Comments: This is likely the worst pun I ever did. I had to set it up carefully. For example, I couldn’t put Mel’s name first in the dialogue—it might have given away the gag. The baby’s name, “Tabitha-Jayne,” is also a diversion away from the punch line. You have to craft these things just so. In the end, was this pun worth the effort? Well, YES!!! First of all, I like groaners, and second, even though it was an awful pun, it was a perfectly good idea. With a deadline always looming, I used whatever came to mind!

Sunday September 14, 2025

Lynn's Comments: Here you can see the entire back of the Patterson house. The architecture worked on the outside, but making sense of the inside drawings was a bit of a challenge. I hoped nobody would look too closely at where the doors went and how the rec room was structured!

Sunday September 28, 2025

Lynn's Comments: This was a bit of a problem in our house. As a dental wife, I was expected to be able to fill in for an assistant if necessary. And since we had a mobile clinic, I was often with the staff when everyone went into the northern First Nations villages to provide dental care. With all the knowledge I picked up, I was able to ask certain questions and give some advice. My husband wasn’t too happy about this—in case I made a mistake. I never did try to be the physician in the family, but if I knew the answer to a problem and the dentist wasn’t available, it was hard not to put in my two cents worth!

Sunday October 5, 2025

Lynn's Comments: I’m looking at this again as someone they now call “elderly.” (Aaaaughhhh!) I was in my 40s when I did this strip, and from my present vantage point, I can’t imagine what these ladies are grousing about.