The Clothesline Saga

" 'Well, there's nothin' we can do about it,' said the neighbor. 'It's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget' / 'Yes, I guess so,' said Ma, Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet." -- The Clothesline Saga, Bob Dylan

"The poets down here don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be." -- Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen

"Enjoy every sandwich." -- Warren Zevon

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Cynthia Anne Brouse 1957 - 2010

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Canadian magazine readers who value the beauty and strength of accurate facts, immaculate punctuation and elegant, precise prose have lost a...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Postscript

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Cynthia passed away peacefully at St. Michael's hospital in Toronto on Saturday June 19th, 2010 at 1:50 am. At her side were her mother,...
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The optimist's version

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Dr. Haq is, as usual, just a little more optimistic than other doctors, so I wasn't surprised when she offered a slightly different take...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

The pessimist's version

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Here's the text of an email I sent out last night to almost 100 people: Hello, there: First of all, let me explain and apologize for thi...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Dignity

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Picture this: you're near the front of the first-class cabin of an Air Canada flight, and you need to use the washroom. You stand up and...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Alas, alack

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I've been offline for four days and now seem to have my internet up in St. Michael's Hospital, where I've also been for four day...
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Cynthia Brouse
I'm a Canadian magazine writer and copy editor, a part-time teacher and corporate trainer, a menopausal single woman, a devoted aunt, a home owner, a breast-cancer survivor (so far), and a few other things I won't get into yet.
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