D. Grant DeMan presents "Cracker Barrel Tales"
The Essays & Stories of D. Grant DeMan"Reflections" - Donald Grant DeMan comes 'Alive At Sixty-Five!'
Settling His Hash - Donald Grant DeMan finds justice in the strangest places.
Donald's reaction to - Kathryn Jennings-Hancock's "Where Do Angels Come From".
Harpy And The Swarm! - Donald Grant went for a walk and came up with this story - Apr 30, 2001
Nagging the Environment - Enough Already! - He's had it up to here! Donald Grant DeMan's heard enough! - Apr 27, 2001
Response to Rosemary - The Bucket Brigade.... a vignette from the life of Rosemary Bowery Didn't fail to catch Donald Grant's eye - Apr 27, 2001
Gunning for Number One - A tremendous tale, told as only D. Grant DeMan can tell 'em! - April 22, 2001 - - - Don't you dare miss this one....unique, exciting, believable!
The Arthropoda Games - 'New and different' perhaps "tales from the confessional" - April 12, 2001
Requiem for Don Johnson - 'There's an Endless Supply of It' - Mar 27, 2001
A response from Donald Grant Deman to Kimit Muston's "Champagne for Everybody" - Mar 23, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan's memories - Hallelujah Harvey and the Resurrection of the Sally Anne - A Certainty For the Easter Season
More of Donald Grant DeMan's early years memories - Downhill Lovers - fun - but the new car was damaged! - Mar 16, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan can't resist responding to the repartee - Richard Koss vs Ann Dolin which all began with Ann's poem, "Suffering at Santanna"
Donald Grant DeMan's boyhood memories - The North Ward St. Patrick's Day Donnybrook - and beefsteak for the eye!
Donald Grant DeMan responds - to Stephen Birkett's critique of Jeff Dane's "The Composer's Pianos"
Donald Grant DeMan's boyhood memories - The Clover Point Adventure - Ratagargantus lurked in the mists
Donald Grant DeMan's dander gets a mite riled - Politicians and bureaucrats will do that to you. - - - It started with that word "Foibles"....or was it "Morés". Read this.....it's great and it's time we (partciuarly Canadians) started talking about our corrupt politicians...most of them! Feb 22, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan's boyhood memories - Half-pint barely swims a the Crystal Pool - We all swam at the Crystal Pool - a Victoria, Canada Institution - Feb 14, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan's Police Department Memories - The Worlds Dumbest Cop or - Learning Law Enforcement through Humiliation Feb 19, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan & a Cracker Barrel Gumshoe case - Binny Flowers and the Fairmont Flats Copper Caper - Cracker Barrel Tales Feb 09, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan's police department memoirs - Hitchhiking to the Hoosegow - Another boyhood memory of Feb 08, 2000
The Day of Love comes quickly. This month, picture cards of hearts, flowers, pretty girls will be rampant in every school, office, and as here with the story of Fraulein and Froggy - A Victoria Valentine story from Donald Grant DeMan. Jan 29, 2001 - with suitable illustration by Glenn Brucker.
Every kid who grew up in the boys paradise of Victoria, BC, Canada will know all about D. Grant DeMan's "Walking The Salt Chuck" - What a wonderful Huckleberry Fynn atmosphere offered winter and summer on Southern Vancouver Island. January 27, 2001
Donald Grant DeMan's police department memoirs - The Rape of Hannah Skylo - Cracker Barrel Tales of Dec 28, 2000
Fer de Lance - A different time - place - Celaeno, the fearsome Harpy raptor's dispatch of the deadly Fer de lance and the miracle to follow! Donald Grant DeMan transports us to this very different but never-the-less real world. You can visit, but would you survive?
New Year's Eve - Jamie Kissed Me! - DeMan gets kissed right into the second half of the century!
All Aboard the Christmas Cannonball! - A train of love for your heart of hearts
Billy Billy Bunco - - - Another great new cops and robbers story from Deman...this time without the cops.
The Locked Chilcote Cabin Caper - - - Another adventure of Gunny Triwater and Pascal Morales of the British Columbia Provincial Police Force.
"Harpy - The Beginnings" - - If you read Don Deman's first Harpy story, be certain to read this one. It'll keep you on the edge of your seat.
- Harpy - - A weekend with friends turns into a nightmare!
Dead By A Dam Site a dam site better'n a dam site! - an that's fer damshur.
Mr. Wheeler and the Renegade Newspaper Boy - A young lad's adventures on the streets of Quaint Little Victoria...city of Gardens (and eccentrics)
Bubbles Balloo and the Victoria Times Paper Boy - Was I Ever Too Young to Appreciate the Art of the Dance?
Tradition - Quality drowning an era of Shoddiness?
- Forensic Cosmetology III - The Poker Party - More amazing sleight of hand from the magic wand of D. Grant Deman - August 19 2000Forensic Cosmetology II - What you see is not always what you get - August 14 2000
Forensic Cosmetology - What you sees is not necessarily what you finds! - August 03, 2000
Can Openers - Tides and the Laws of Thermodynamics - July 10, 2000
"A Tear-Stained Letter to David Anderson" It's several years old...but in politics what goes around comes around, so it's brand new! July 05, 2000
Our Maple Leaf - - - Our Nation - - - Our Family - -Something to Sing About!
Blondie - Aging and the Blondie Factor
Red's Bones - What we hope is the first in a new series of stories about and from the former British Columbia Police Department.
A Whale of a Tale! - Whale Picnic - Are Tourists raining on the Whale Parade?
"Party Games" - D. Grant DeMan takes us 'Back to the 50's - a nostalgic look at the teen-agers 'good times'.
"The Wawa Incident" - You are warned! This is a gory, blood and guts incident, written by an ex-cop who has witnessed these blood and guts type incidents. If foul language offends you...skip it!
"A Grizzly Inventory" - Why we will never have accurate government numbers.
The Wrench, The Knife, The Gun and The Needles - That's cop talk from
D. Grant DeMan. Posted Mar 29, 2000.Imbecile Eddy - maybe just a guy in need of help? A tough call. Posted Mar 20, 2000.
The Wisdom of Jimmy Brown - no truer lesson for all - Posted Mar 10, 2000.
His First Corpse - Cop stuff - Posted February 28, 2000.
A Bashful Barefoot Beau and the Girl in Calico - D. Grant DeMan's Valentine remembrance
of a long time ago. Feb 04, 2000Pursuing Satisfaction? Join the Posse! - Is no one satisfied - posted Jan 29, 2000
Micro-Organisms - God's Chosen People? Jan 03, 2000
Vancouver Island's Next Millennium Posted December 31, 1999
New Year's Even Communion in the Atlas Cafe Alley Posted Dec 22, 99
The Christmas Ball - Mid-Fifties Victoria College
The Magnificent Apple Crate Doll House
Wrestle This! - . Posted Nov 28, 99.
Remembering Stubby - November 11th D. Grant DeMan pauses each year about this time to remember the hell of war and those who served so bravely.
"The Redeemed" Plenty of things to recall from his days with the Police. D. Grant DeMan takes us along on what was a terrifying duty call. Posted November 3, 1999
Recalling his with the Police Department, D. Grant DeMan takes us along for a frightening night call, Hallowe'em Home Invasion. Posted Oct 14, 1999
An Insignificant Incarceration - Tales of the Victoria City Police. as told by D. Grant DeMan. Posted September 27, 1999.
"Henry Hotrod and the Ten Dollar Vendetta".
August 24, 1999. Don Doesn't stop here - another one that makes us blush a bit, About The Inditer
Victoria to California: Oddesy, 1951 The first great adventure into manhood. Posted August 11, 99
The Abominable City Slicker Invasion Folks who live on beautiful Vancouver Island know all about this one. Posted July 28, 1999
The Beasts of Victoria - A Profitable and Tastey Solution. July 19, 1999
Something Yonder Twixt Us Steals - and - Frankly, If I Had My Druthers, I'd Ruther Be In Bowser. July 09, 99
Money and Panther Pee - about the British Columbia Highways Department
Beans and Rice - a column published by the Globe & Mail and the Vancouver Sun.....one that caused plenty of controversy and resulted with the author being interviewed on two radio 'open mouth shows'.
Prairie Girl - Though Mom rode her pinto like the West Wind, it was love that transported her beyond the stars.
Rock and Roll - Red Robinson's Rock 'N Roll at Victoria's Memorial Arena.
Bullet Proof Shed & Runt of the Litter - These are Tribute pieces, previously published in the Victoria Times Colonist.
Pulling Teeth - A Spiritual Rap With Love - an Exercise in Extractional Analysis.
All pictures and writing - © All Rights Reserved 1999 by Donald Grant DeMan.
D. Grant DeMan presents "Cracker Barrel Tales" New stuff,
July 15, 2000
Donald Grant DeMan was born in Quesnel BC in 1936 up the road from his first home at Wingdam. He has pursued many occupations, including police, private investigation, management consultant, high school teacher of art, artist, and author. He presently operates a studio called Possibility Arts where he paints with his wife, Diane, as Don DeMan hence reserving D. Grant DeMan for his writings.
As a painter he has been successful in being elected Treasure of the Valley by the Comox Valley Arts Council. His paintings hang in numerous homes and institutions.
His written works: Mr. DeMan has published in the Toronto Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun and both the Islander and the Editorial Sections of the Victoria Times-Colonist, and is presently working on a book of 1950's youth adventures in conjunction with the Sociology Department of the University of Toronto, for which he welcomes materials from readers and friends....especially pictures of reproductive quality.
Parents of D. Grant DeMan - painted, 1984"
'Vox Populi', get started! Send in your comments and critique on Email Donald Grant DeMan - - - Possibility Arts - Don & Diane's Website
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