Bowering
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Born in the nude., brought up in Oliver, BC. Educated in Ontario. Wrote a lot of books.
West Point Grey
Joined December 2008
Remember how Irving Layton railed against rhetoric? Now T.Rump rails against fake news.
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I was wondering . . . can orcas go anywhere without being followed by boats full of people?
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Once when I was a kid my mother poked me in the elbow with a fork. That worked.
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When she was 98 my mother fell and hit her head on the wall. I heard her flirting with the ambulance attendant.
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My mother scoffed when I said that I preferred scotch whisky to rye; she said it was fake big city snobbery.
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When I was a kid my mother's favourite ice cream flavour was maple walnut. When she was 95 she said that she never liked it.
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Whenever any of the Bowering men favored a sports team, my mother would cheer for whatever team they were playing against. Even the Yankees!
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While in Grade two I wrote "Sally Bowering is a moron" on our shed. My mother handed me the cleaning materials and tools.
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In her nineties my mother read lots of novels with large print. Told me that she skipped the descriptions and just read the talking parts.
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When I was three my mother told me that the sun dances at sunrise on Easter Sunday. Sure enough, it did, I think.
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@TwitterSportsCA @NHL Answer: half the teams now playing will be in the next round.
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My mother's family had a horse that could find her way home from anywhere in the hills. My mother loved that horse like a big sister.
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Oliver, including all the orchards and vineyards, boasted 5,000 souls; it was the largest place my mother ever lived in.
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In all my years, at all my delis, the closest anyone came to the excellence of my mother's potato salad was 80%.
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During her last years my mother read library books with large print and authors I had never heard of.
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