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Why I should be named Son-in-Law of the Year

Leave a Comment / Daily Dad / July 22, 2014 / 2014, birthday parties, birthdays, childhood memories, extended family, family videos, humour / satire, our Canadian home / 3 minutes of reading

I was on the phone this morning and got the question – again – ‘so what’s it like being married to someone so decorated?’ I figured the fellow meant this, not the chocolate cake we gave Jon for his birthday party the other day, although it was, I must say, a fine cake, covered in black, red […]

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Taking your soul on a weekend getaway

So we’re on a ferry going from Whidbey Island to the coast of Washington State. His name is Paul and he’s a writing colleague of mine, an American from Chicago who has the same name as my best friend when I was a boy. He and I are students studying an MFA in Creative Writing