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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Connie and Lawrence were characters I simply couldn't delete. For some reason, they were compelling and important. They "spoke to me." As I've said before, some characters allowed me to bring them to life, and others disappeared like smoke in a wind. I'll never understand why.

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 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.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Lynn's Comments: When I was a kid, my mother was the staunch churchgoer. Dad, my brother and I could hardly stay awake during the services. In order to keep us from fooling around in our seats, Dad would bring big, round, white peppermints, which came in a squeaky plastic wrapper. Try as he might, he could not keep the peppermints a secret; everyone from the folks in the rows around us to the minister himself could hear the telltale sound of the wrapper. Mom would be furious. Dad would be shrugging with feigned embarrassment, and we, with a bulge in our cheek, would simply smile. To this day, when I hear the squeak of a particular kind of plastic wrapper, I am rocketed back in time to the hard pews, the cedar smell, and the sleep-inducing drone of a sermon at St. John's Anglican Church. Thanks, Dad, for the peppermints!

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, May 7, 2016

Lynn's Comments: Even though this never happened, I get annoyed just reading this one. I have to move on now, or I'll take out my frustration on someone I love.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Lynn's Comments: In reality, we could take the kids anywhere. They were always respectful and well behaved--or else! The restaurant "time-out" was to take the offending child to the car and sit with them until they saw the error of their ways. The hard part was knowing my own meal was getting cold as the rest of the family sat inside.

Monday, May 9, 2016

Lynn's Comments: I was happy with this one. Yes, even though puns and wordplay cost me the ability to have my work translated easily into other languages--I used every one I came up with!

Monday, May 23, 2016

Lynn's Comments: My dad managed a jewellery store. My friends imagined us to be rich, but nothing was farther from the truth.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Lynn's Comments: I sat with a friend today; someone I've known since kindergarten. I asked Laurel what her first job was and she said, "washing hair in a salon. My mom got me the job." Mine was in my dad's store. At the time, we didn't think much of the work our parents arranged for us, but in reality, these jobs were the gateways to our futures.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Lynn's Comments: I once offered local kids some money to clean up the road between my house and my mom-in-law's. It was a country road, so there was no way to cheat! The funny thing was that once they got going, they went from resenting the uncool side of cleaning a rural road, to being fanatical about it. They went down the road, far beyond our property--just because there was so much to pick up. I was so impressed!--And they say kids these days don't know how to do a job well!

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lynn's Comments: In my elementary school, baseball was a big deal. When players were being selected for the teams, I was last to be picked.

Friday, June 3, 2016

Lynn's Comments: There were no dogs out there to spar with, just a few trees and the schoolyard fence. I was on my own.