Sunshine and a Purple Dress
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  • Cart Wheels - Sept 12, 2021
  • Eggcellent - Sep 4, 2021
  • Consider It An Adventure - Aug 29, 2021
  • Squirrels! Aug 20, 2021
  • Pity My Visitees - Aug 14, 2021
  • Pumpkin Patch - Jul 24, 2021
  • Sunflower Shenanigans - Jul 14, 2021
  • Vanland - June 5, 2021
  • What Are We Growing? - May, 27, 2021
  • Of Costco and Cats - May 16, 2021
  • At Grandmother's House - May 9, 2021
  • Multiple Plots - May 3, 2021
  • Not Just Any Train-Spotter - Apr 25, 2021
  • Small Things Can ... - April 11, 2021
  • No Ice Here... - April 3, 2021
  • Smokin' Hot - Mar 21, 2021
  • Meanwhile at the Hospital Cafeteria - Mar 14, 2021
  • Speaks Construction - March 7, 2021
  • Two Hearts - One Pair of Cleats - Feb 27, 2021
  • One Eyed-Jack - Feb 23, 2021
  • Harmless Enough - Feb 14, 2021
  • End of January, 2021
  • Sunshine Shorts - Jan 16, 2021
  • A Crock of Soup - Jan 2, 2021
  • Christmas Cards & Letters - Dec 14, 2020
  • Not Another Ratlet Story! - Dec 12, 2020
  • Rat-Ship Crazy - Dec 5, 2020
  • Potato - Potahto - Nov 15, 2020
  • Women of Letters - Nov 7, 2020
  • Betcha! - Oct. 30, 2020
  • Vanities - Oct 24, 2020
  • Jasper & Ratet 101 - Oct 17, 2020
  • WHUMPA! - Oct 9, 2020
  • Don't Let Jannie Look at Real Estate - Oct 1, 2020
  • Jannie Has to Go to Marks - Sep 25, 2020
  • More Jasperisms - Sep 19, 2020
  • Daisy Doughnut - Sep 12, 2020
  • A Bouquet of Ratlets - Sep 8, 2020
  • The Ratlet Race - Aug 21, 2020
  • There Are Kittens... - Aug 4, 2020
  • Who Knew There Are Mosquitoes in St. Catharines? - July 21, 2020
  • Everyone Needs a Grumpa Laur - July 4, 2020
  • Net--aholic - May 17, 2020
  • Who Doesn't Love a Parade? Apr 30, 2020
  • Glovers (and Maskers…) in a Dangerous Time! - Apr 7, 2020
  • Where Did All the Water Go? - Feb 22, 2020
  • Of Fridges & Ridges - Feb 15, 2020
  • For the Love of Grands - Feb 1, 2020
  • For the Love of Mog - Jan 11, 2020
  • Bagging Cat Mountain - Jan 4, 2020
  • Boxing Day - Dec 26, 2019
  • Everything Bagel! - Dec 14, 2019
  • Church of the Mother Hen - Dec 7, 2019
  • Dream Houses & Bridges - Nov 30, 2019
  • The Ghosts and Gaffes of Christmas Past! - Nov 23, 2019
  • ​Techno-Fool - Nov 16, 2019
  • How Do We Know We’re in the United States?- Nov 9, 2019
  • Girl-12 - Oct. 26, 2019
  • Changwon Barbarians - Oct 19, 2019
  • Flippers, Eyeglasses, & Cranberries - Oct 12, 2019
  • Plant Butcher - Oct 5, 2019
  • 3 Stories High - Sep 28, 2019
  • Baby Carp...-Sep 21, 2019
  • Skater Shorts - Sep 14, 2019
  • Unchained - Sep 7, 2019
  • Meanwhile at GM's House - Aug 31, 2019
  • A Terrific Tuesday - Aug 24, 2019
  • Driving Miss Janny - Aug 18, 2019
  • Lane Queen #2 - Aug 10, 2019
  • Lane Queen #1 - Aug 3, 2019
  • Wonderful Week - Jul 29, 2019
  • More "Shorts" - Jul 13, 2019
  • One Foot in the Grave - Jul 6, 2019
  • Two Tims & A Starbucks - Jun 29, 2019
  • A Fractious And Foggy Affair! - Jun 23, 2019
  • Breakfast Comedy Club - Jun 15, 2019
  • Garmy & Me - Jun 8, 2019
  • Meanwhile at the Tattoo Parlour - Jun 1, 2019
  • Senior Moments - May 25, 2019
  • Sudbury Sat and Sun - May 18, 2019
  • Happy Ride – Happy Bride! - May 11, 2019
  • Anniversary Number 42 - May 4, 2019
  • Re-Entering - April 27, 2019
  • Babies at our RV Park! Apr 20, 2019
  • Surviving 7 Falls - Apr 13, 2019
  • Wednesday's Child - Apr 6, 2019
  • Frankenpants - Mar 30, 2019
  • Nightmare & Thanks - Mar 23, 2019
  • Name This Hike! - Mar 16, 2019
  • We Can Do It! Mar 9, 2019
  • Meanwhile at Jelly Bean Church...Mar 2, 2019
  • Meanwhile at Jelly Bean National Park…Feb 23, 2019
  • CARS - Feb 16, 2019
  • Scenes from St. Catharines - Feb 9, 2019
  • Who Saved Whom? - Jan 2, 2019
  • The Hills are Alive...-Jan 26, 2019
  • A Four Part Play - Jan 19, 2019
  • Steel-Drivin' Woman - Jan 12, 2018
  • Patron Saints and Breakfast Cereal - Jan 5, 2019
  • KD, Tomatoes, & Ramen! Oh my! -Dec 29, 2018
  • Cheerio! - Dec 22, 2018
  • What About Bob? - Dec 15, 2018
  • Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood - Dec 8, 2018
  • Spared (but some expense) - Dec 1, 2018
  • Wreck It Ralphette - Nov 24, 2018
  • Sept. 27 - Little Dora/Itt
  • A Naturalist and A Domesticus... - Nov 10, 2018
  • Dancing with Cacti - Nov 3, 2018
  • Roaming in Translation - Oct 27, 2018
  • Palyongsan Park - Oct 20, 2018
  • Tea-Totalled and Coffee-Hounded - Oct 13, 2018
  • Duty Dad - Oct 6, 2018
  • CRAZYTOWN - Sep 29, 2018
  • Half Baked Lake Hike - Sept 22, 2018
  • What's $60 and weighs a ton? Sep 15, 2018
  • A Boundless Banquet - Sep 8, 2018
  • Hello! - Sep 1, 2018
  • Turtle-Watching - Aug 25, 2018
  • Monkeeing Around - Aug 18, 2018
  • In a Cemetery Far Far Away - Aug 11, 2018
  • Going Down to Maggie’s Farm - Aug 4, 2018
  • Off My Sprocket - Jul 21, 2018
  • The “Whatever It’s Called” Rabbit - Jul 14, 2018
  • Twenty-Two Things - Jul 7, 2018
  • Four Goldfish of the Apocalypse - Jun 30, 2018
  • Hot Diggity Dog - Jun 23, 2018
  • Bridal Veil Falls X 2 - Jun 16, 2018
  • An Empire of Pathetic - June 9, 2018
  • A Nurse, a Lawyer and a Social Worker Walk into a Bar... - May 26, 2018
  • Bike Ride - Hers and His - May 19
  • Cookie and Crem - May 12, 2018
  • Fancy Pants 2! - May 5, 2018
  • Oh My Garmin! Apr 28, 2018
  • Packin' - Apr 21, 2018
  • OH NO! - Apr 14, 2018
  • Introducing Rick & Rem - Apr 7, 2018
  • Sunday Afternoons with Fred - Sep 7, 2013
  • Jack and Jill - Mar 26, 2018
  • Fancy Pants! - Mar 17, 2018
  • Telephone is Ringing... - Mar 10, 2018
  • Guilt Games - Mar 3, 2018
  • Murder by the Cook - Feb 22, 2018
  • St. Laurence - Feb 18, 2018
  • Lucy in St. Davids with Diamonds - Feb 10, 2-18
  • Guns N Poses - Feb 3, 2018
  • Adventures in PC - Jan 27, 2018
  • Despicable Me - AZ - Jan 20, 2018
  • Captain Laurence - Jan 13, 2018
  • Meanwhile in W*lmart - Jan 6, 2018
  • Christmas Elves - Dec 30, 2017
  • A Tumultuous Tuesday, Dec 23, 2017
  • Cart Wheels - Dec 16, 2017
  • Granny's House - Dec 9, 2017
  • A Maze in GV - Dec 2, 2017
  • Flower Gals - Nov 25, 2017
  • Sparky & Her Gang - Nov 18, 2017
  • Tuesday - Nov 7 - Nov 11
  • Just Call Me Nurse Ratched - Nov 11, 2017
  • A Halloween Hike - Nov 4, 2017
  • A Cluttered Column - Oct 28, 2017
  • A Dipsy-Doodle Day - Oct. 14, 2017
  • Sultans of Chapleau - Oct 20, 2017
  • Nickel King - Oct. 7, 2017
  • Full Body Jog-Walking - Sep. 30, 2017
  • Charlie's Bad Week - Sep 23, 2017
  • Jelly Bean Happy Stay - Sep. 16, 2017
  • Chef Laurence Schmecks Again! - Sep. 9, 2017
  • Saving Upright Piano: Sep. 2, 2017
  • Day Three of the Cat Wars: Aug. 26, 2017
  • Don’t Let the Jannie Drive the Bus - Aug. 19, 2017
  • Janio Vandretti - Aug. 12, 2017
  • Babies... The Final Frontier... - Aug. 5, 2017
  • Manny Times - Jul. 29, 2017
  • VBS - Very Busy Small-Fry - Jul 22, 2017
  • Cookie Mobster - Jul. 15, 2017
  • Crazing Arizona - Jul 9, 2017
  • Not All Who Wander..-July 1, 2017
  • For the Love of Gobi! Jun 24, 2017
  • O.C.L.D. – Obsessive Counting Laps Disorder - Jun 17, 2017
  • Bested by the Best - Jun 6, 2017
  • “…To Sleep – To Sleep, Perchance To Dream…” - Jun 2, 2017
  • FitBit to be Tied - May 27, 2017
  • Good Life - What Larks! May 21, 2017
  • Portly Pussycats - May 15, 2017
  • That 70s Beau - May 7, 2017
  • Night at the Museum - April 30, 2017
  • Fan Wars - April 23, 2017
  • Not Your Grandmother's Tatting - Apr. 16, 2017
  • I Love Lucy - Apr. 9, 2017
  • Stop Little Pot, Stop - Apr. 2, 2017
  • A Fistful of Note Cards - Mar. 26, 2017
  • A Purfect Day - Mar. 19, 2017
  • Try-athalon - March 12, 2017
  • Ring Toss - Mar. 5, 2017
  • Saturday Afternoon with Spencer - Feb. 26, 2017
  • Snakes on the Brain - Feb. 18, 2017
  • PIcture This - Feb. 12, 2017
  • Raising Some Cane at Jan's Favourite Bar - Feb. 2, 2017
  • Deviled and Scrambled - Jan. 29, 2017
  • Pigeons & Cats & Grade School - Oh My! - Jan. 22, 2017
  • Sock Story - Jan. 14, 2017
  • Spin Tops - Jan. 6, 2017
  • 2016 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Avocado Juggling - Dec. 31, 2016
    • It's in the Bags - Dec. 24, 2016
    • Dancing with Dr. Icare - Dec. 21, 2016
    • Hikermania - Dec. 14, 2016
    • It Takes a Village to Raise a Cactus - Dec. 11, 2016
    • Gone Girl - Dec. 7, 2016
    • Another Pleasant (Green) Valley Sunday (Morning) - Dec. 1, 2016
    • Adoryable - Nov. 25, 2016
    • Eat All the Leftovers - Nov. 11, 2016
    • Sunday School Shenanigans - Nov. 6, 2016
    • Coffee Mates - Oct. 12, 2016
  • 2014 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Jun. 14, 2014 - Running Wild with the Frozen Chosen
    • Mar. 29, 2014 - Leapin' Lizards
    • Mar. 24, 2014 - Spin Cycle
    • Jan. 28, 2014 - Snow Jail: Bars Not Required
    • Jan. 16, 2014 - Cleaner
  • DEC 2013 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Dec. 2 - The Half-*ssed Church
    • Dec. 4 & 5 – Escape from Al(gid)catraz
    • Dec. 7 & 8 - Three Hat Days
    • Dec. 9, 10 & 11 - Nothing to Write Home About
    • Dec. 12 & 13 - Things Get a Little Sparky...
    • Dec. 14 to 16 - LOTS!
    • Dec. 17 to 20 - Deluge and Damages
    • Dec. 21 to 25 - Movin' On Up - In the Green Valley RV Park
    • Dec. 26 to 29 - Karaoke Cowboy
    • Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 - We May Get Old, but Arizona Never Does
    • Jan. 4 to 7 - Sticky Buns and Neocitrin
    • Jan. 8 & 9 - Small and South is Beautiful
  • NOV 2013 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Nov. 3 - OMG-IASG!
    • Nov. 6 - The End of Gratitude
    • Nov. 10 - Dreaming of a Sandy Christmas
    • Nov. 15 - To the Nines and Nineties
    • Nov. 18 - Solanum Tuberosum
    • Nov. 21 - Serial Skinflint
    • Nov. 25 - Spinny Janny
    • Nov. 28 - Sock Hock
  • OCT 2013 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Oct. 1 - Bunnies and Ellies and Gardens - Oh Sty!
    • Oct. 2 - Out of the Fry Pan, Into a Fire
    • Oct. 3 - Terminator Sign Language
    • Oct. 4 - ♪ We Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire…♪
    • Oct. 7 - Fabulaphile – Story-Lover
    • Oct. 9, 2013 - El Perro Salvaje
    • Oct. 11 - How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini
    • Oct. 13 – Premium Cat
    • Oct. 14 – A Walk on the Domestic Side
    • Oct. 16 – Twelve Angry Women (plus Three Other Not-Very-Happy)
    • Oct. 18 – Pediculous!
    • Oct. 19 - Donuts and Tractor Wheels
    • Oct. 21 - Road Rage and Parking-Lot Punks
    • Oct. 26 - Happily Increasing Circle...
    • Oct. 28 - Pumping Books
    • Oct. 31 - E.T. Calls Tech Support
  • SEP 2013 STORIES: Hover or click here
    • Sept. 1 - Suburban Irish
    • Sept. 2 - Steel-Haired Wheels
    • Sept. 3 - S*x*y and I Know It
    • Sept. 4 - Super Powered Friends
    • Sept. 5 - Tubular Hell
    • Sept. 6 - Elvis Rose
    • Sept. 7 - Sunday Afternoons with Fred
    • Sept. 8 - Chicken Walk
    • Sept. 9 - Love in the Time of Collards
    • Sept. 10 - Meetings Anonymous
    • Sept. 11 – XC is the New LX
    • Sept. 12 - Z.I.T.S.
    • Sept. 13 - Dance, Magic Dance
    • Sept. 14 - Third of Zumba Trilogy
    • Sept. 15 - Snoozin' on a Sunday Afternoon
    • Sept. 16 - Curves and Cake
    • Sept. 17 - Zumba and Hopkins - Together for the First Time
    • Sept. 18 - Elephilia
    • Sept. 19 - Elephant mommas can dance!
    • Sept. 20 - What the F.R.A.K.?
    • Sept. 21 - Tater Tires
    • Sept. 22 - The Barber
    • Sept. 23 - Never Gonna Be Janet Jackson
    • Sept. 24 - A Car Called Intrepid
    • Sept. 25 - A Nurse, a Lawyer and a Social Worker ...
    • Sept. 26 - When ASL does not mean “age / sex / location…”
    • Sept. 28 - Buon Compleanno Cara Mio
    • Sept. 29 - "...thinner." (Hans Solo)
    • Sept. 30 – Xenoglossophobia (Fear of Foreign Languages)
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A Story a Day (or Almost)

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On September 1, 2013, I decided to write A Story a Day for 30 Days.

Then I kept going (though not every day.) And I added stick figures. Hence Sunshine and a Purple Dress.

My most recent stories are at the top of the list to the left. Some of these have photos instead of stick figures. (An artist, I am not.)

Pick a story, any story - and enjoy... You are welcome to share. In fact, please do. You can also follow me on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunshine-and-a-Purple-Dress I also have earlier columns. See www.smallthingscolumns.weebly.com​
Thank you.

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Greetings!

I am married to Laurence Steven and have four adult children - Anna, Tom, Carolyn and Elaine - plus three sons-in-law - Neal, Jeremy, and Alex - and one daughter-in-law, Julie - and three grandkids – Elliot, Jasper, and Walter. Laur and I have a honorary son - Monty.
 
I am a Registered Social Worker with a Masters in Humanities and in the past I worked occasional part-time at Laurentian University's counseling and support program.
 
I am a Commissioned Chaplain through the Mennonite Church of Eastern Canada. I am a friendly visitor and a pastoral care team member at Grace Mennonite Church.
 
I am a vegan and vegan mentor, and enjoy the company of companion animals. I enjoy walking, cycling, swimming, and hiking.
 
I am both a Mennonite and Methodist and have served as a lay preacher and pastoral care visitor at All Peoples United Church in Sudbury.
 
My hubs and I live in St. Catharines, Ontario. We love to visit Sudbury, Ontario in the summer – our home for many years – and Arizona in the winter, if the opportunity arises.
 
Love always! / jan


Please visit my other websites. Thank you!

www.allpeoplesunitedchurch.weebly.com
www.basic-counseling-skills.com
www.gracemennonitechurch.com
www.greatjobsforgrads.weebly.com

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