by Piper Bayard | Dec 12, 2012 | Holiday Survival
By Piper Bayard This month, Holmes and I are dedicated to spreading cheer and relieving the tension of the holidays. We invite you to send your questions to me, a pragmatic author/belly dancer and not-so-closet redneck, and Holmes, a man with experience in...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 1, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Someone recently asked me what I do as a Hospice volunteer, and I told her that basically, it’s my job to tell people I see their butts. Hospice is a service dedicated to providing people with the most comfortable death possible. We tend to...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 20, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Fall. The time when the years of bottles, diapers, potty training, play dates, eaten refrigerator magnets and beans up noses culminate in that most memorable of days, the First Day of Kindergarten. The day when mothers finally get to have a hot meal...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 16, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard We’re having a little problem where our son is concerned. The problem is that he isn’t little. In fact, he’s 6’7” and built like a tank. That, in itself, is not a problem, grocery bill aside. The problem is that now that he’s 16, he rightfully wants to...
by Piper Bayard | Jun 11, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard That’s it. I’m in love with Canada. Genuinely a land of Northern efficiency and Southern hospitality. We spent most of the past two weeks on Vancouver Island, in Victoria and on the shore outside of Sooke. The full moon reflecting off the Strait of...
by Piper Bayard | May 26, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard My family will gather at the graves today. As I think on The Ones Who Have Gone Before, echos of laughter, adages, card games, and dipped chocolates bring them to life from the mists of my memory. Each of them played a part in making me who I am. Of...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 8, 2012 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
By Jay Holmes After dealing with so much grim material of late, like Iran and Syria, I needed to write about something more cheerful. In the USA, we celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday of each May. We celebrate Fathers Day on the third Sunday of each June. At...
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