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I have had SEALS IN MY SLEEPING BAG and RACCOONS IN MY PARKA, now there’s a NAKED LADY IN MY WATER...

THERE’S A RACCOON IN MY APARTMENT When the Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park asked me to look after...

THERE’S A RACCOON ON MY PROMOTION TOUR Chance and coincidence play big parts in my life. Tabasco...

Today October 4, 2022 is World Animal Day or so my computer announces. Well, the animals in my...

Meow my cat is acting strangely lately. She’s at least 20 years old because that’s the time she...

WRITTEN FOR PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AT ST. PHILIP’S-BY THE SEA CHURCH ON SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2022...

A couple of months ago, a man called Joe came into my kitchen and took my purse containing my...

You didn't know I was a crook, did you? Well, if you listen to me reading part of the first...

Well, I confess that I didn’t get out of bed Monday, September 19, 2022 at 3 a.m. on Vancouver...

Oh, to be in London, now that Queen Elizabeth is there – lying in her gilded coffin in Westminster...

I’m not sure why I have been glued around the clock for the past seven days to the BBC World News...

Lots of people have pet animals but few have the pets that have lived with me during my life in...

As readers of my books know, my life experiences have been unusual, and that includes animals that...

The bald eagles who raised their single young this year have left my backyard nest and so has...

Well, it is later than usual, says former husband, eagle man, David Hancock, but the bald eagles...

I am proud to report that Readers’ Digest has just republished my April 1999 article on the worst...

I was delighted to be invited by Elaine Tschofen of the Nature Calgary Club to do my first zoom...

Well, Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo brings back memories of my first Olympic Games in Rome in 1960,...

I just received a photo of my most recent book TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON in the bookstore on Avery...

Lyn Hancock's Presentation to the Nanaimo Social Club.Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon

Lyn Hancock's Zoom interview with Askew Creek Bookshop.Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon

Such is the emotional connection that I wrote her book AN APE CAME OUT OF MY HATBOX alias GYPSY IN...

This is another little video that Geoff Johnson produced the weekend he delved through...

A few months ago, Geoff Johnson, a musician, and surfer who lives on the west side of Vancouver...

Simon Fraser University is number one again. I just picked up my Alumni News and read that 150,000...

TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON and THE RING: MEMORIES OF A METIS GRANDMOTHER. I hope that your poster...

On the night I shared my bed with four cougars and one husband! You can read all about it on the...

Please see my updated website. My book Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon is available in stores and...

The original story of love between a Metis woman, Jane Howse, and Sam Livingston, a flamboyant...

So how did I, as a speech and drama teacher from Australia, get into this role as Mother Theresa...

After long days driving through the desert in Namib Naukluft Park including my challenging climb...

Am I really complaining about the heat and humidity here on the Chobe River? In the afternoon...

"Lyn, relax. Raise your arms and smile at the camera. I'm your guide. I'm here to make sure you...

As well as chilling out on the beach of Lake Malawi in what was called Nyasaland in 1960, my trip...

So here I am in Durban. Last time I was here, in April, 1960, I wandered into the Durban Publicity...

God works in mysterious ways! While waiting for the 10am church service on Sunday June 28th to...

Mention the words Islam and Muslim to many in the street these days and their thoughts turn to...

On  January 27th in the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, the President of...

To Be or Not To Be: the Perils of Self Publishing Today I sent my latest book The Ring to the...

Shall I rent a normal kayak and paddle to Kande Island about 500 metres off Kande Beach where we...

“Lyn! Under the table. Right now!” Sylvestre yelled, pulling me to the floor. A gunshot...

"We want to talk to each other, not talk about each other," said Dr. Omar Kassam with a smile as...