Word-At-A-Time-Blog

As his friends – full of beer and pizza – waited for him in the moving van, Max did a perimeter sweep of the apartment to make sure nothing was left behind. Nothing behind the doors, the fridge, or the medicine cabinet; but when he looked in the tall linen closet in the hallway, he … Read more

It was close and firm in texture, yet mellow in character. It was rich and fine, with a sharp, pungent flavour. And mouthfeel? Oh, it had mouthfeel; It literally melted on the tongue. It was a block of cheddar, and it belonged to Torquil. “Mine,” he would say, rolling the word around his mouth as … Read more

Rain or shine, Thursday nights were always “Fish Night Jamboree” at Hullabaloo’s Trailer Park, just off exit 76 on Highway 101. Even tonight’s steady drizzle was no match for the cheer going on inside the tent. Corn was on the boil, and all manner of concocted fishy goodness was streaming steadily into the mouths of … Read more