CONTENTS
Introduction
YEAR ONE
The Mongoose
Sunlight on Leaves
Height of Humanity
A Long Way to Longlac
Orange Juice
Running in the Family
Measure of a Dog
The Outhouse
Lovingly Made by Grandma
Summerland
YEAR TWO
Mr. Fisher
Fatso, the Cat
I Told You So
How to Be a Better Man
The Fireman
Faded Love
From Father, Finally
Canadian Tires
The Cello
The Christmas Train
YEAR THREE
Placebo
Drive-Through Rainbow
Family Ties
Te Quiero Mucho
Amazing Grace
Lost in Translation
Strip Search
My Mother, the Pilot
The Mysteries of Meringue
Skating with Singh
YEAR FOUR
The Ship Pub
As Tears Go By
Cockled!
Canoe Memories
Canadian Porridge
The Art of Ironing
An Absence of Erika
Scotch Rose
Becky, from Kansas
Full Circle
YEAR FIVE
Charles the Great
The Man on the Hill
Good Catch
We Danced
My Life in Trains
The Truth of Towers
Chocolate Sprinkles
Learning to Skate
Christmas Package
Drifting Home
YEAR SIX
Class Picture
Jiggin’ for Squid
Over the Rainbow
A Tiny Silver Birdcage
Teaching the Dancer to Pull
The Big Move
The Rescue
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Discovering Dieppe
Picnic, Postponed
YEAR SEVEN
Dogging Saturn
Meeting the Queen
Mary’s Piano
Twice in a Lifetime
Spit Bugs
Culture of Kindness
Freudian Slip
Bird Dog
Standing, Proudly
Birthday Suit
YEAR EIGHT
A Proposal of Hope
Nightcrawler
A Cathedral of Fence Posts
Plus One
Tall Order
Away in a Manger
Stepping Out
Treed
No Ordinary Cat
A Current of Kindness
YEAR NINE
Mac and Cheese
A Model Boyhood
After the War
Christmas Eve
Riding the Runners
Love Story
A Reunion
Adrift in Peace River
Postmarked
The Old Buick
YEAR TEN
Fire and Ice
Sitting, Still
SkyTrain Justice
The Webs We Leave
The Gift of Goodbye
Misdirection
A Christmas Prayer
And the Band Played On
Pudding in the Post
The Lives of Others
List of Contributors