Is it possible for forty days to transform your world. Lent, the Christian tradition of fasting, prayer and good works starts Ash Wednesday March 6 and ends Holy Thursday April 18. For me it means. Goodbye to chocolate chip cookies. Goodbye to chocolate chip, banana muffins Goodbye to chocolate mint ice cream. Goodbye to swearingContinue reading “Forty Days”
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Sapio-Sexual
I’ve always equated wearing eye glasses with intelligence. I think it started with Collette Heaney in grade 6. Her hand was always raised in triumph the instant a question was posed by Mr. Murphy. Her face, framed by wire rimmed eye glasses, pleading for the teachers attention. I was devoted to her single minded questContinue reading “Sapio-Sexual”
Think before you act
I have just finished watching on TV the Chicago Police Department responding to the Jussie Smollett case. According to evidence uncovered by the Chicago Police, Jussie Smollett a black actor and celebrity, staged a racial attack on himself, thinking it would help him in salary negotiations for his acting role. Social media, Main Street NewsContinue reading “Think before you act”
Life is Messy
Our ten month old daughter loved to paint with chocolate pudding. She scattered the chocolate like a frenzied artist, over her face, the high chair,her parents and everything she touched. She was our chocolate Midas and we attempted to avoid her touch. I wagged my finger at her, ” you are a very messy baby”Continue reading “Life is Messy”
Unknowing
It’s 8:00 p.m. and minus 16 degrees. I make my rounds through all the known haunts trying to entice the wraiths into the warm. The homeless, ghosts of their former selves, clinging to their meagre coverings, shivering on top of subway grates, in doorways and on park benches. I give a cheery smile, with wordsContinue reading “Unknowing”
Knight Errand
” George, George can you run an errand for me “. It was Mrs. Billings yelling as I was about to exit the building. She lives on the ground floor, closest to the only opening that gives entrance and exit to the building, it was impossible to pass unnoticed. I turned mid stride and saidContinue reading “Knight Errand”
The Doomsday Clock
I was born in 1947, the year the Doomsday Clock was instituted. The Clock represents how close the world is to a global catastrophe. The global catastrophe is set as Midnight, and the current perception of catastrophe as the number of minutes to Midnight. In 1947 the clock was initially set at seven minutes toContinue reading “The Doomsday Clock”
The Classroom Circus
The bell rang, and Jeremy exiting his class room seat, bumped into Stella sending her sprawling into Peter, causing triple embarrassment and one hostile glare. Stella, extricating herself from Peter’s embrace, rounded on Jeremy screaming, ” You clumsy elephant, watch where you’re going”. The rest of the class trumpeted their amusement and in that momentContinue reading “The Classroom Circus”
The Weeping Willow
The Weeping Willow stood twenty feet south of the meandering stream that ran through the middle of Lord Covington’s estate. On a sunny day, in late Spring, the trees awareness was drawn to a squirrel scrambling along its branches and so he failed to notice the arrival of the young girl. She stood in frontContinue reading “The Weeping Willow”
