Entitled Our Television is Weird, this work of fiction first appeared in The Canadian Children's Annual (1983). Under the same title, as a book for children: // First Edition: HMS Press (London, ON), 1996; a book on disk. // Entitled "She's Been so Grumpy": // Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2019. // An excerpt // "Drat!" I said, peering out the window. I breathed on the glass and fogged it up. I wiped a circle, drawing a peep hole, and spied a soggy world. "The ground is wet, the air is cold, and I'm stuck inside," I complained. // "Morris," called my mother. I heard her rattling dishes in the kitchen. "Clean up those pots and pans." // "She's been so grumpy," I thought. "Ever since she brought Tommy, my new brother, home from the hospital, she's baggy-eyed, bad-tempered, and boring. Who needs a mother who never takes me to the zoo? Either she's nursing Tommy, cuddling him, or she's cooking or cleaning. Tonight she's cooking shepherd's pie. I hate shepherd's pie! And I'm getting sick of my brother's endless crying. His mouth ought to be corked."
