It’s Mother’s Day once again. For me, it is a day of sadness and regret and what-ifs ( Read more... )

When Phyllis opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was a gigantic tree with shiny, golden-red leaves. She stared at it for several minutes, a puzzled look on her weathered face. “Huh ( Read more... )

Wily possum, claws as sharp as a Bowie knife ( Read more... )

Here's the text of canuckgirl's obituary, as located on the Winnipeg Free Press website:

CATHY MCKINNA (published on March 18, 2011 ( Read more... )

Just got another email from canuckgirl's sister, Ali. She wanted to let everyone know that Cathy's obituary will be in the Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 18th and 19th.

Their main website is Winnipeg Free Press

Got another email from canuckgirl's sister, Ali. I emailed her to ask what (if any) arrangements had been made as regards to Cathy's burial. She stated:

We are still deciding what we will do with Cathy's remains,

She is in Victoria now with mom and dad. Not sure what the next step will be yet.
I'll let you know,
AlisonSo, Cathy is back home with her ( Read more... )

Another follow up to this post regarding canuckgirl:

When knightaudit spoke with the police in MN, he was given the phone number for Cathy's father, which he passed along to me. I gave Mr. McKinna a call about an hour and a half ago. We only spoke for a few minutes, but I passed along our condolences and told him how much Cathy meant to me and Knight, as well as to ( Read more... )

In reference to this post about canuckgirl.

Knight got a box in the mail today - minikin brought it in when she and Critter and Flar dropped by upon hearing the news. We didn't recognize the name on the return address label, so Knight was stumped until he opened it to find the receipt and the gift - a Hallmark ornament of a Gopher sitting in the 19th hole, the ( Read more... )

It is my sad duty to inform those of you who may be friends with canuckgirl of some bad news.

knightaudit and I just found out that canuckgirl passed away in her sleep early Thursday morning, February 17th. We hadn't heard anything from her, nor seen any posts on LJ or Facebook, and she hadn't been responding to her cell phone or messages. Yesterday evening, Knight called ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone was curious, in my Icarus entry for last week's LJ Idol, I included a link to a Rick Astley video for one of his songs, "Remember the Days."

Apologies for Rick-rolling, but Rick Astley was one of olliesmama's favorites. She had a thing for redheads, and I can't say as I blame her ( Read more... )