Mark LeBourdais“All Pooped Out” by Mark LeBourdais (©2024)It’s early evening on a beautiful spring day in Port Moody, and you’re out walking your dog, a large fluffy white Husky-Lab mix named…3d ago3d ago
Mark LeBourdais“MY FATHER’S GUN” by Mark LeBourdais (copyright 2023)I’ve always hated guns — those frightening, deafeningly loud, portable killing machines, so on the day I discovered that my own father…Apr 15, 2023Apr 15, 2023
Mark LeBourdais“Mr. Mumbles Passes The Test” (Revised & Condensed version for Vancouver Story Slam, Nov. 10, 2022)One fateful morning halfway through my Grade 7 year, I heard the shocking news that shattered my heart into smithereens: Ms. Dempsey, my…Nov 13, 2022Nov 13, 2022
Mark LeBourdais“Enemy Territory”“SON — OF — A — BITCH!!” The huge bearded biker whirled around on his barstool and glared at the four of us. All eight of his Satan’s…Oct 7, 2022Oct 7, 2022
Mark LeBourdais“The Other Side of the Fence”On a warm Saturday afternoon in early June, my girlfriend Cindy and I had just finished moving all our belongings into our new rental…Jun 17, 2022Jun 17, 2022
Mark LeBourdais“Ripple Effects”The call came out of the blue, and caught me totally off guard. I was at home, doing laundry on a Sunday afternoon in my apartment in East…Mar 9, 2022Mar 9, 2022
Mark LeBourdais“Mr. Mumbles Passes The Test” (Original longer version)After almost 50 years of hiding my guilty secret deep inside me, I have a confession to make: I cheated on the biggest test of the year in…Aug 29, 2021Aug 29, 2021
Mark LeBourdais“Kung Foolish: My Return to the Partial Arts”This may be the most foolhardy thing I’ve ever attempted, but, after a 40-year hiatus, and at the advanced age of 58, I am seriously…Aug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
