Lynn's Comments: Not wanting the family to settle into a comfortable routine, I decided to introduce the "helpful" relative who shows up to make life easier and winds up making everything a whole lot worse!
2020 04: Fiona Comes to Help: Browse The Strips
Tuesday April 28, 2020
Wednesday April 29, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Everyone has that well- meaning relative who wants to help but is no help at all. They always show up at births, deaths and other times where this kind of help is the last thing you need.
Thursday April 30, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Because there had never been a cat in the strip, I decided to add one that was less than friendly. Stuff like this gave me lots to work with; maybe too much!
Friday May 1, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I tried to make Aunt Fiona one of those insidious characters who tests the limits of one's hospitality to the max.
Saturday May 2, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Aunt Fiona is loosely based on someone I know.
Monday May 4, 2020
Lynn's Comments: This is the reason I don’t have a cat. Dogs, when they disappear, are somewhere down low. A cat, on the other hand, can be anywhere!
Tuesday May 5, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Fiona was such a wonderful character to write. I wished I could have written a story about her alone.
Wednesday May 6, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Making Fiona a heavy smoker, gave me an outlet to rant against smoking.
Thursday May 7, 2020
Friday May 8, 2020
Saturday May 9, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Saturday May 16, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Gossiping was an area where I could really let out a good rant! For Better or For Worse became a bit of a forum for this sort of thing.
Monday May 18, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I had the opportunity to put in a name that wouldn’t be linked to a featured character in the strip. Cecily Beard is a dear friend and at the time we had lost touch. By putting her name in the strip, I was able to connect with her after almost 30 years. We met at the airport, arms around each other, crying and laughing and saying "you haven’t changed at all!"
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Belfrey Avenue. I loved making up funny names for streets, businesses, products and even people.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Here, the gossip machine works against an innocent guy. In a television series, writers could spin out this situation for weeks!
Saturday May 23, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Lynn's Comments: When I was about 15, my dad's mother came to live with us for a few weeks. Weeks turned into months. It was my room she was given and I had to sleep in the unfinished basement. No matter how nicely my folks fixed it up, I was still banished from my own bed—looking at studs and drywall, watching for spiders and listening for things that go bump in the night. During the day, I'd go into my room for clothes and school supplies, and grandma's teeth would grin at me from a jar on my bedside table. I loved my grandmother but I was glad when she left so I could go back to the security and familiarity of my own space. My room smelled like "Grandma" for ages!