Mr. Fix It

The Electrician is a man’s man. He sports a full beard and has for years, and wears a hard hat and steel-toed safety boots at work. His favorite bands are Led Zepplin and Lynryd Skynrd, and he immediately tosses the straws out of his beverages at restaurants because he says straws, particularly the bendy ones,…

Not Quite According to Plan

On Saturday, I made a quick batch of apple sauce with the apples off a friend’s tree. I also threw in a nectarine that was about to have its last gasp in the bottom of my lunch bag; it sort of disappeared into the apples, but added some colour and a little extra tang. The…