Here’s a list of the 210+ stories I’ve written since 2012. I never write about religion or politics, and all of my stories are based on actual events and are rated ‘G.’
Click on the title below to view the story:
2012
- January 22nd – Volunteering at the BC Cancer Centre
- January 26th – Best Pickup Line
- January 29th – If the Shoe Fits
- January 31st – Pay Washrooms
- January 31st – A Perfect Kisser
- February 10th – Court, Karaoke & the Biker Bar
- February 14th – Forever & Ever
- February 22nd – The Warwick Hotel, Hookers, & Tattoos
- February 24th – The Tower of Freedom
- February 24th – My First Pet
- February 28th – New Clothes
- March 12th – Geneva Park
- March 18th – The Summer of ’66
- April 1st – My Holly Golightly and Audrey Hepburn
- April 2nd – The Flasher in Surrey
- April 17th – The Bald Stalker
- May 14th – The Last Card
- May 16th – A Smile, Nod or Wink in White Rock
- May 31st – Chips or French Fries?
- June 3rd – For Crying Out Loud
- June 5th – Man’s Best Friend
- June 15th – A Love Story
- June 24th – Terror on 8th Avenue
- June 28th – Danny’s Year Book 1968/9
- July 26th – Another Love Story – 1969
- August 2nd – Sad Eyes
- August 16th – Cancer: My Third Anniversary (Part 1)
- August 21st – Cancer: My Third Anniversary (Part 2)
- August 24th – Cancer: My Third Anniversary (Part 3)
- August 27th – Cancer: My Third Anniversary (Part 4)
- September 1st – Once in a Blue Moon
- October 19th – Pinch Me – please!
- November 11th – Eleven – O – One
- December 8th – Favourite Record Stores on Yonge Street
- December 12th – Twelve.Twelve.Twelve
- December 24th – Not a Creature was Stirring
2013
- January 20th – Mr. Blair the Milkman
- January 29th – My Best Newspaper Job
- February 15th – Flashback to the ’60s: Loblaws & the House of the Rising Sun
- July 4th – July 4th Celebration in Vancouver
- July 19th – Today’s Audition
- July 20th – Shaving
- July 20th – Aftershave & Talcum Powder
- August 4th – Reflections on Cancer
- August 24th – The Beach Boys Concert at the PNE
- September 20th – Happy Birthday Alice
- September 26th – Dear Ma
- October 15th – A Blind Dog in Winnipeg
- October 29th – Leaves. Fires, Chestnuts and the F Word
2014
- January 1st – My New Year’s Resolution
- January 29th – Phood Phor Thought
- February 3rd – Sadie Hawkins Day
- February 21st – And the Gold Medal Goes To…
- March 2nd – Trouble in Paradise
- March 15th – Maybe I’ve Won!
- March 25th – Terror & Tremlin’ in Langley
- April 7th – Volunteer Week (April 6-12)
- April 12th – You’ve Got Mail!
- May 2nd – But I Couldn’t
- May 14th – Soaring Like An Eagle
- May 22nd – Dog Days of Summer
- July 13th – Update from the beach…
- August 1st – Warts and Witches
- August 6th – Is You Is or Is You Ain’t?
- August 16th – An Open Apology
- August 17th – Another Surprise!
- August 22nd – Diddly Squat
- September 8th – The Great White Shark
- September 14th – Last Night’s Awesome Concert
- September 22nd – The First Day of Fall is For The Birds
- September 25th – We Don’t Say Goodbye
- October 14th – When You Have Too Much Money
- October 31st – The Last Trick or Treat
2015
- January 9th – Finally, I’m As Old As I Look
- February 4th – Today Is Special
- March 24th – A Shiny, Red Rolls Royce
- April 17th – An Act of Kindness from SK49
- June 15th – Push For Your Tush
- June 17th – My First Date in 40 Years – Part 1
- June 19th – My First Date in 40 Years – Part 2
- July 17th – The Tush Man – Part 1
- July 22nd – The Tush Man – Part 2
- August 31st – Dispatch from Somewhere
- September 6th – Hi Ma, it’s Danny…
- September 22nd – Together Again
- October 19th – Dear Laura
- October 26th – Yesterday in Montreal
- November 14th – My friend Norm
- December 16th – The Day that Santa cried
2016
- January 13th – Route 66
- February 12th – Why I Hug You
- May 19th – My Last Visit
- July 15th – A Secret Whispered
- August 29th – One More Walk
- October 1st – Shadows of September
- October 25th – Dying Embers of Summer
2017
- February 7th – Snowflakes and Ice Cream
- February 26th – Danny Goes to Camp
- March 2nd – Moonshine in the Maritimes – the Final Chapter
- April 15th – Walking and Living on the Edge
- August 18th – On the Nickel
- October 16th – Rambo and His Kids
- November 8th – Eleven Oh One
- November 14th – Not a Creature Was Stirring
- December 20th – Message from Santa Danny
2018
- January 2nd – Gifts of Love
- January 10th – My First Blind Date
- February 2nd – Chasing a Dream
- May 13th – Happy Mother’s Day
- June 9th – Sticks and Stones
- August 5th – The Birdman of Ambleside
- August 24th – A Morning in LaConner
- August 27th – A Smokin’ Story
- September 1st – A Nooner at the Nat
- September 30th – Goodbye, So Long, Goodbye
- October 23rd – Another Bad Day
- November 17th – My Weak End
- November 20th – Notes on a Bridge
- November 24th – Notes from the North Pole
- December 7th – This and That
- December 16th – A False Creek Story
- December 22nd – White Rock Pier – after the storm
- December 24th – Do You Believe in Magic?
2019
- January 6th – Tulips and Neptune
- January 8th – My 10th Anniversary
- January 10th – A Thousand Words…
- January 13th – Saturday Morning Walk in Vancouver
- January 29th – A Toothless Fairy
- February 4th – The Last Post
- February 9th – Skagit River Park Walk
- February 12th – A Fifty Dollar Walk
- February 16th – Valentine Daze
- February 23rd – Ramblin’ Thoughts
- February 26th – Animal Pals
- March 14th – An Empty Bucket List
- March 18th – A Small World
- March 22nd – Guemes and Me
- March 25th – Got a FOMO?
- March 27th – A Wet Kiss
- March 29th – POETS (again)
- April 2nd – A Ghost in Campbell Valley
- April 8th – Shoebox Treasures, SouthPaws, Bypass Surgery, and YoYos
- April 15th – Moonlight, S’mores, & Spit
- April 25th – A Treesome
- May 6th – A Heron Your Shoulder
- May 20th – Mother’s Day
- May 31st – A May Day Call
- June 17th – A Father’s Day
- June 29th – Birthday Greetings from LaConner
- July 18th – A Happy Hearts Reunion
- August 12th – Murals that Mirror Life
- August 17th – A Prayer for Holly
- September 10th – Any Gum, Chum?
- September 13th – Dear Connie has Passed Away
- September 17th – A Brainstorm
- September 18th – Worried Again
- September 23rd – A Happy Ending
- September 24th – My daddy
- September 27th – Yesterday’s News
- October 4th – What’s In A Name?
- October 15th – The Oxford Street Grind
- October 20th – My Gal Pal, Betty
- October 24th – A Vanilla Leaf
- November 3rd – Building an Inukshuk
- November 7th – Message from the North Pole
- November 8th – The Lost Mustache Walk
- November 13th – Parking for Dollars
- November 15th – Today’s Cancer Center Visit
- November 26th – A Fallow State
- November 28th – You Have Mail
- December 4th – Fingered
- December 6th – A Fair Lady in Fairhaven
- December 7th – Music Calms My Spirit
- December 11th – A New Look
- December 15th – Another Christmas Miracle
- December 22nd – From Me To You
- December 24th – Today, Santa Danny Cried
- December 30th – Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, Seagulls, & Anchovies
2020
- January 2nd – A Happy Goat’s Day
- January 4th – Which Way You Goin’ Danny?
- January 8th – Seventy Years Ago
- January 11th – Cold Feet, Holly, and a CT Scan
- January 22nd – A Smokin’ Gun
- January 27th – The Lemons to Lemonade Sagas
- February 13th – A Moment of Fear
- February 17th – New Site – Same Stuff
- February 18th – News – Live at Five
- February 22nd – The Barnston Island Challenge
- February 28th – A Walk on the South Trail
- March 4th – Something I Forgot to Mention
- March 19th – News of the Day
- March 28th – Dear Uncle Sam
- March 28th – A Baby Boom in Oshawa
- March 31st – Everyone Needs A Hero
- April 7th – A Public Service Announcement
- April 13th – Hidden In A Pocket
- April 16th – About Face
- April 27th – Musical Fruit
- April 30th – Are You a Polymath?
- May 4th – Top of the World
- May 7th – Footsteps to Remember
- May 30th – Because
- June 13th – The Last Word
- June 19th – Stories of the Mira
- July 4th – Happy Independence Day
- August 8th – A Nude Wreck on Wreck Beach
- August 14th – Covid19 Virus or the Flu?
- August 21st – A Short Straw
- August 30th – A POETS Kind of Day
- September 22nd – Saturday on the Sunshine Coast
- October 11th – A Very Happy Thanksgiving Day
- October 27th – A Write to be Wrong
- November 20th – A Coffee Break
- November 29th – Empty Sidewalks on Tobacco Road
- December 16th – A Beaver Tale
- December 21st – A Long Sentence
2021
- January 6th – A Hasty Retreat
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And here’s a tune you might like:
What a Wonderful World – lyrics
I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful worldI see skies of blue
And clouds of white
Bright blessed day
And the dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful worldThe colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
But also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do
They’re really saying I love youI hear babies cry
I see them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful worldThe colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
But also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do
They’re really saying, oh I love youI hear babies crying
I watch ’em grow
They’ll learn much more than I will ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yeah, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world
Songwriters: Axel Christofer Hedfors / Ronald Carroll / Christopher Le Friant
What a Wonderful World lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing