Cool to read a local book. Touch of magical realism, but mostly just an interesting portrait of real people
Cool to read a local book. Touch of magical realism, but mostly just an interesting portrait of real people
A four-year-old runs over and asks me, “Are you a boy or a girl?”
“No,” I say. “I‘m not. I used to be a boy but I grew out of it.”
(Internet image)
"If you promise to stick around and chat until my shift is done I'll make you The Great One for free."
"What's The Great One?"
"It's our legendary, off-the-menu Miles Hortons drink. It's like a double-double but it's nine creams-nine sugars. Get it? After Wayne Gretzky. Number 99."
"That sounds horrifying. I think I'll pass."
"Your loss. I drink one every day."
(Another Tim Hortons reference for my collection.
Image of Gretzky by Andy Warhol)