http://www.northernpen.ca/images/logo/26_NPen.gifhttp://www.northernpen.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.northernpen.ca/Thu, 17 May 2012 17:04:29 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 17:04:29 -0400enhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:10:00 -0400A flu-bug, whether at home or away, can stretch a parent's resources to the limits. Midnight, April 1992. I had just fallen asleep when the pitter-patter of little feet sounded in the hallway outside the bedroom door. Suddenly, the pitter-patter accelerated into a tattoo more like staccato ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:15:00 -0400It was spring in British Columbia and the young couple had no inkling of the trouble that lay ahead. As they motored along 56th Avenue in their compact car, the wind whipped through their hair, the radio blared, and a weak sun filtered through billowing cumulus clouds, highlighting the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Community/2012-03-22/article-2929113/Finnegan%2C-fearless-feline/1Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0400When Len and his brother, Bob, brought the cat home, we wondered if he'd survive the week, because he was starving, thirsty and filthy.http://www.northernpen.ca/Community/2012-03-22/article-2929113/Finnegan%2C-fearless-feline/1info@northernpen.caCommunityhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Community/2012-03-22/article-2929113/Finnegan%2C-fearless-feline/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400If Len's father hadn't been sick, I might never have tasted such a feast. As soon as I walked in the door I was lured to the stove by a mouth-watering aroma and, lifting the pot lid, I saw potatoes, turnips and onions in a light broth. How could something so seemingly ordinary smell so good? In ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500You've probably heard the Premier Care Walk-in Bath commercial on television, and how it helped a man named Jim to regain his dignity. The commercial shows a white-haired woman assisting her elderly husband, Jim, out of a car, up the stairs and, later, out of a bathtub. She says, "When Jim's ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1http://www.northernpen.ca/News/2012-02-27/article-2906494/I-never-seen-nothing-like-it%0D%0A/1Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500Strong winds give fishing store a ride in Ship Covehttp://www.northernpen.ca/News/2012-02-27/article-2906494/I-never-seen-nothing-like-it%0D%0A/1info@northernpen.caNewshttp://www.northernpen.ca/News/2012-02-27/article-2906494/I-never-seen-nothing-like-it%0D%0A/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-13/article-2892090/Walk-away/1Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500I climbed into the driver's seat of the rental car and closed the door. Not only had Len decided this was the day he was going to teach me to drive a car with standard transmission, but everything about it was completely opposite to a Canadian car: the driver's seat was on the right side, the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-13/article-2892090/Walk-away/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-13/article-2892090/Walk-away/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-26/article-2760095/The-heights-of-foolishness/1Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:46:13 -0400The sign at the approach to Englee seemed plain enough; it clearly displayed the Englee Trail System, showing four possible routes for trail enthusiasts to tackle: three were linear and ranged in difficulty from Moderate to Very Strenuous. The shortest route was the Barr'd Island Trail, rated ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-26/article-2760095/The-heights-of-foolishness/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-26/article-2760095/The-heights-of-foolishness/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-12/article-2743809/First-big-day-at-school/1Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:05:00 -0400Amy's first day of school was bright and sunny. She clasped my hand tightly in the school yard as we hurried toward the kindergarten lineup. Her silky brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she looked very much the young lady in a skirt, blouse and knitted sweater. Her brand new ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-12/article-2743809/First-big-day-at-school/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-09-12/article-2743809/First-big-day-at-school/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-15/article-2704485/Part-II%3A-The-fish-fry/1Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:03:00 -0400The second in Kathleen Tucker's two-part series about her first cod jigging experiencehttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-15/article-2704485/Part-II%3A-The-fish-fry/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-15/article-2704485/Part-II%3A-The-fish-fry/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-01/article-2682017/The-fish-eye/1Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:03:00 -0400I reeled in the fish as everyone in the boat cheered, but it wasn't the sun glancing off that silvery skin that captured my attention -- it was the baleful look in the fish's eye. Scott reached over and removed the hook, then tossed the fish into a bucket at the front of the boat. From my perch ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-01/article-2682017/The-fish-eye/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-08-01/article-2682017/The-fish-eye/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-18/article-2654649/The-most-interesting-Come-From-Away/1Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:09:00 -0400 I don't know which was more fascinating: the skin-tight, shiny black Spandex pants, or the rear view mirrors mounted on the mustard-yellow bicycle helmet. As the man cycled up the hill-lips puffing in and out like a guppy in a fishbowl-it was easy to tell he wasn't a local resident. In the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-18/article-2654649/The-most-interesting-Come-From-Away/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-18/article-2654649/The-most-interesting-Come-From-Away/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-04/article-2623930/Blind-spots-and-backseat-drivers/1Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:04:00 -0400 If there's one thing I haven't mastered when it comes to driving, it's backing up. Even though most of my run-ins with other cars happened long ago, my recent confrontation with a moose in St. Anthony proves I haven't perfected the technique yet. Many years ago, waiting at a red light on a ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-04/article-2623930/Blind-spots-and-backseat-drivers/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-07-04/article-2623930/Blind-spots-and-backseat-drivers/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-06-20/article-2593019/He-didnt-tell-me-how-to-live/1Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:01:00 -0400A man named Clarence Budington Kelland said of his father: "He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." Before our boys were born, Len served with the Armed Forces in Israel and Egypt. When our first son, Paul, was only six months old, Len left for Cyprus ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-06-20/article-2593019/He-didnt-tell-me-how-to-live/1info@northernpen.caKathleen Tuckerhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2011-06-20/article-2593019/He-didnt-tell-me-how-to-live/1