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Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 7
READING ALOUD CHAPTER 7 TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON Well, what's Tabasco my Saucy Raccoon been up to...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 6
CHAPTER 6 FROM TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON In chapter 6 of our book TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON my...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 5
I think you’ll like Chapter 5 of TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON.It’s called THERE’S A RACCOON ON MY...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 4
THERE'S A RACCOON IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD When the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver gave me Tabasco, an...
Mayan village of Sarteneja
Hi my fans, Those who had faith to return to this space after I left snowy Canada for sunny warm...
THERE’S A NAKED WOMAN IN MY WATER PIPE
I have had SEALS IN MY SLEEPING BAG and RACCOONS IN MY PARKA, now there’s a NAKED LADY IN MY WATER...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 3
THERE’S A RACCOON IN MY APARTMENT When the Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park asked me to look after...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 2
THERE’S A RACCOON ON MY PROMOTION TOUR Chance and coincidence play big parts in my life. Tabasco...
WORLD ANIMAL DAY October 4, 2022
Today October 4, 2022 is World Animal Day or so my computer announces. Well, the animals in my...
AS FOR ME AND MY CAT
Meow my cat is acting strangely lately. She’s at least 20 years old because that’s the time she...
GOD’S IN HIS GARDEN
WRITTEN FOR PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AT ST. PHILIP’S-BY THE SEA CHURCH ON SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2022...
BEING ROBBED
A couple of months ago, a man called Joe came into my kitchen and took my purse containing my...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, Chapter 1
You didn't know I was a crook, did you? Well, if you listen to me reading part of the first...
MORE THOUGHTS WHILE GLUED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH ON BBC WORLD NEWS
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 THE QUEEN IS HERE!
Oh, to be in London, now that Queen Elizabeth is there – lying in her gilded coffin in Westminster...
The Queen, the Duke and Me
I’m not sure why I have been glued around the clock for the past seven days to the BBC World News...
MORE ON MEOW
Lots of people have pet animals but few have the pets that have lived with me during my life in...
AS FOR ME AND MEOW
As readers of my books know, my life experiences have been unusual, and that includes animals that...
Stone The Crows
The bald eagles who raised their single young this year have left my backyard nest and so has...
MY BACKYARD EAGLES HAVE FLOWN
Well, it is later than usual, says former husband, eagle man, David Hancock, but the bald eagles...
Review of Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon — By Diana Lowery
Tabasco lives up to his name as he creates plenty of spicy adventures for his caretaker. Adopting...
The Worst Bear Attack in North America – And I was there!
I am proud to report that Readers’ Digest has just republished my April 1999 article on the worst...
Great minds think alike
When you are married to a computer (but wish you were divorced), a stranger to the door can make...
As for me and my house
I love where I live now in Lantzville on Nanoose Bay near the city of Nanaimo on the east coast of...
Nature Calgary
I was delighted to be invited by Elaine Tschofen of the Nature Calgary Club to do my first zoom...
Halloween Story Telling
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon
Lyn at the Olympic Games in Rome 1960
Well, Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo brings back memories of my first Olympic Games in Rome in 1960,...
HOW TABASCO MY SAUCY RACCOON GOT HER NAME
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
Lyn Hancock's Presentation to the Nanaimo Social Club.Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon
Askew Creek Bookshop Featuring Lyn Hancock
Lyn Hancock's Zoom interview with Askew Creek Bookshop.Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon
Gypsy, A Gibbon in Grade Six
Such is the emotional connection that I wrote her book AN APE CAME OUT OF MY HATBOX alias GYPSY IN...
This is Tabasco
This is another little video that Geoff Johnson produced the weekend he delved through...
Animal Friends
A few months ago, Geoff Johnson, a musician, and surfer who lives on the west side of Vancouver...
TABASCO GOES TO SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Simon Fraser University is number one again. I just picked up my Alumni News and read that 150,000...
Christmas and New Years Remembered.
TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON and THE RING: MEMORIES OF A METIS GRANDMOTHER. I hope that your poster...
Welcome to my first blog on this new website! When did I have my first idea to write a book?
On the night I shared my bed with four cougars and one husband! You can read all about it on the...
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon
Please see my updated website. My book Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon is available in stores and...
Exciting News, The Ring Has Arrived
The original story of love between a Metis woman, Jane Howse, and Sam Livingston, a flamboyant...
There’s a Seal in my Sleeping Bag
So how did I, as a speech and drama teacher from Australia, get into this role as Mother Theresa...
China (You Can’t Get Fresher Fish Than This In a Chinese Restaurant)
My most memorable meal in China happened on the last night of a month-long backpacking trip with...
Cambodia (Cambodia Kids)
I cannot forget her. The image of a child standing bare-footed in the diminutive door frame of a...
Norway (Paddling Through Postcards In Norway)
My love affair with Norway – its fiords, mountains and offshore islands – is the reason I live in...
Belize (Wedding In Belize)
One of the joys of travelling is not necessarily what you plan but what comes along when you...
Memories of Sam: The Cape Fur Seal Colony of Cape Cross near Swakopmund in Namibia
After long days driving through the desert in Namib Naukluft Park including my challenging climb...
Hippos Galore on the Chobe River
Am I really complaining about the heat and humidity here on the Chobe River? In the afternoon...
Over Victoria Falls – Or Not?
"Lyn, relax. Raise your arms and smile at the camera. I'm your guide. I'm here to make sure you...
Meeting The Locals in Malawi
As well as chilling out on the beach of Lake Malawi in what was called Nyasaland in 1960, my trip...
Durban, South Africa
So here I am in Durban. Last time I was here, in April, 1960, I wandered into the Durban Publicity...
Lyn’s Adventures (and Misadventures) on the Indian Ocean from Africa to Singapore
After lots of misadventures taking a milk run from Vancouver to London to Dubai to Cape Town, my...
Frank Hedingham – A Canadian Hero!
God works in mysterious ways! While waiting for the 10am church service on Sunday June 28th to...
Chobe National Park: Love Affair with Lions
I saw lions today, my first in Africa, despite hitching from Cape to Cairo decades ago, despite...
Trip to The Ismaili Jamatkhana in Burnaby
Mention the words Islam and Muslim to many in the street these days and their thoughts turn to...
The Calgary Herald – An Interview With Lyn Hancock
Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon
Buenos Dias from Buenos Aires
Buenos Dias from Buenos Aires which a couple of days ago had 80 inches of rain in 20 minutes, and...
Lyn at the ‘Academy Awards’
On January 27th in the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, the President of...
The Perils of Self Publishing
To Be or Not To Be: the Perils of Self Publishing Today I sent my latest book The Ring to the...
Simon Fraser Alumni Award
The SFU Alumni Association is pleased to announce the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award recipients:...
More Malawi: Paddling a dugout to Kande Island with cheese on toast
Shall I rent a normal kayak and paddle to Kande Island about 500 metres off Kande Beach where we...
Between Two Bullets in Belize
“Lyn! Under the table. Right now!” Sylvestre yelled, pulling me to the floor. A gunshot...
My Day at The Shi’a Ismaili Muslim Centre in Burnaby
"We want to talk to each other, not talk about each other," said Dr. Omar Kassam with a smile as...