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Oct
13

All Bow to the BBQ God

You couldn't BBQ in a West End apartment with no private balcony. (and you often can't
Oct
12

Gardening

Oct
11

Commuting

Getting to work suddenly took longer.
Oct
10

Drawbacks

One quickly learned that hot water in a house was not unlimited.
Oct
09

New Neighbours

Besides meeting your new human neighbours, if you had pets they had to meet their counterparts. This was back in
Oct
08

Settling In

Newton's Law of Cardboard Boxes: No matter how many times you write what's in the box,
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Oct
07

Moving Day

Anyone who has ever moved a household – and haven't we all? – knows the agony of loading and hauling.
Oct
06

Moving to the Suburbs

I left the West End and moved to Marpole in 1983. I hadn't lived in a house for
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Oct
05

Ballet Student

Circa 1980. This was a woman I worked with at the Vancouver School Board who studied ballet and wanted some
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Oct
04

Sideways Stephen

I spent several weeks during the summer of 2009 scanning old negatives that had never been printed. This is one