sunday: Browse The Strips

Sunday April 24, 2022

Lynn's Comments: I have done this from time to time, and have had great fun knowing the poor schlub on the other end was helplessly hanging on—hoping to dupe me into buying something. As a wary home-owner, I have created some amazingly annoying one-sided speeches. I just had to be in the right mood.

Sunday May 1, 2022

Lynn's Comments: This Sunday was the result of a "what if" scenario. I was in a department store change booth trying on bathing suits with a growing sense of doom. Everything seemed designed to accentuate my worst assets. My daughter was old enough to know not to escape and lead me on a chase through a busy mall, but the thought crossed my mind. What if I had to run out in public wearing the disastrous suit I was struggling into? This idea made its way onto the Sunday page, and the result was a flood of letters from other moms similarly disgusted by the cruel offerings foisted on us by bathing suit manufacturers.

Sunday May 15, 2022

Lynn's Comments: We have always enjoyed going out to eat as a family. Getting there wasn’t always easy. When the kids were tiny, we would remove them from the restaurant as soon as they started to fuss. One of us would go out and stay in the car with the fuss-budget until there was calm. This meant many interruptions, leaving a meal to get cold, and sitting in a car with an unruly kid. Eventually, we were all able to go out—to any restaurant, anywhere—and know that our kids would not cause a scene or get too out of hand. Whenever we see families with disruptive kids causing everyone in a restaurant to clench their teeth, we know there is a solution to the problem. It takes a walk out to the car and a few minutes of downtime. It works!

Sunday June 12, 2022

Lynn's Comments: When "dressing" my characters, I often looked in mail order catalogues to see what was currently fashionable. The dress Elizabeth is wearing in this Sunday page was from the "evening" section of the Sears catalogue. Now, I'd be doing my research online!

Sunday July 3, 2022

Lynn's Comments: This strip was done for a friend whose little son was so afraid of the water that he had to have all the flotation devices available before he'd go into the pool. He had the inflated arm rings, a life jacket, and when he could, he'd squeeze into an inflatable "doughnut" as well. The funny thing is, this young man is now a deep sea diver who specializes in the inspection and maintenance of underwater structures. Posts, moorings, rigs and sea walls are all part of his underwater work—quite a change from the boy who was afraid of the water! Bourton has also become a clean sea advocate. He donates many hours of his time to finding and removing "ghost nets" from British Columbia's coastal waterways. He and the others who are cleaning up our oceans and beaches are unsung heroes. The next generation is a great one!

Sunday July 31, 2022

Lynn's Comments: I recently had an appointment where the receptionist had incredibly long nails—to the extent that she couldn't type easily or send a message on her phone. "Holy smokes!" I said, "Those things are a handicap!" It wasn't the nicest thing to say. It just popped out. I was embarrassed. I apologized and was happy to leave. I thought, "That was something my mother would say!" My outspoken mother died at the age of 72. "Hi, Mom!"

Sunday August 14, 2022

Lynn's Comments: This actually happened...pretty much the way you see it here. Yes, it's the everyday stuff that makes a comic strip fun to do. These are the times when we all wish that someone had taken a photo!

Sunday August 28, 2022

Lynn's Comments: This was a real dilemma for me. My daughter was around 13 when her answer to almost everything was, "I dunno." (The 3 meanings, for which I decided there were, ended up in this strip.) Once I figured out which "I dunno" was the one she meant, we were good to go. She now has a 10-year-old daughter and I’m patiently waiting for her to start saying, "I dunno!"

Sunday September 4, 2022

Lynn's Comments: I remember being about three years old and riding my tricycle down 5th Street in North Vancouver. The wheels squeaked so loudly that one of our neighbours came out and oiled them for me. Funny the things you remember!

Sunday September 25, 2022

Lynn's Comments: When I was about three years old, my aunt had given me a pair of very frilly under pants. The entire backside was ruffled, and I was thrilled with them. So much so that I went around the neighbourhood lifting my skirt to show them off. I didn't understand why my dad was so upset or why he made me come home and put on a pair of overalls.