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’ 52 Ways to Make a House a

Home, by. Lynn Gordon,
Chronicle Books, $11.56

_ Layne Christensen
. Living Room‘Editor °
WHICHEVER way
you shuffle the deck,
“<-you’re sure to deal a
‘full house with this set
of cards.

A clever concept from
-. Chronicle. Books. of San.
Francisco, Lynn Gordon’s
card deck combines quirky
illustrations. with tips for
‘adding personal touches to
your home. -. any
. Starting a junk drawer and
“investing in fresh ‘flowers
“yeach week are just nwo of 52
“ways to make -2
“home, the - name“
collection - of tips’ ” for
“professional :". decorators,*
raly’.. - unprofessional .. -
decorators; ‘new - mansion
owners .and old apartment:
dwellers.” .. be
“As a decorating tool, 52. &
Ways is pretty thin on advice.
(Any “decorator not already
armed with such rudimentary
advice would surcly be con-
sidered “truly. unprofession-
Py SE :
But ‘where “this card , set
may. find: 2, use‘is as a: house- "=.
warming,. present. for a first-—
time home owner or, better
still, as a going-away gift for a
son or daughter just leaving
the nest... °
..Just. tuck: it into a care
“pack with some KD, Jaundry
‘soap anda few recipes from
Mom. *

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The
face of
family
grief

THEY say that the
worst of all possible
human experiences is)“: :
the loss of a child...
This past week many ofus .- :
had a real brush with that
experience, as we watched a
family deal with the death of
their son. Nick Downs, just
16, was driving home from a.
date a week ago Saturday..." |
According to a friend he bad’:
called after dropping off his
date, he’d had a good night
and had decided to go for a
fittle spin before heading.
home. He lost contro! of his
dad’s sports car just east of .
the Caulfeild exit on the
upper Levels Highway and
crashed down a 300 foot
ravine. He was killed instante
ly.

” The news travelled with”
lightning speed. By Sunday
night a group of close friends
and family gathered at the:
Downs house to offer what’
little support we could to ;
Nick's family. In fact, we -
mostly just stood around
shaking our heads, trying to —
get a handle on what was: °°
happening... o

There were friends there
:_. for Nick’s 13-year-old sister ©
Lauren, who was remarkably

*- composed for a'‘kid h
And friends for Ian, Nick's
dad, who wandered from .
room to room in the big ©

--house, clearly in shock. Foo
arrived from somewhere, and
some ate. Grief counsellors, a

‘doctor, strangers with experi:

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