The Sexual Habits of Simultaneous Hermaphrodites
Is it unusual that a child would have a Wolf Spider as a pet? Lived 2 years, and apparently became gigantic. Spiders not dumb, contrary to popular belief. Least not a Wolf Spider. So, yeah, mentioning to Crossroads how smart they are, how kinda spooky it is that they follow your movements, and that’s when he told me about his childhood pet. Here’s this kid … Continue reading The Sexual Habits of Simultaneous Hermaphrodites
Confessions Of A 48 Year Old On Mother’s Day
Standing in the kitchen just now, waiting for the water to boil. I know, don’t say it. I had to turn the kettle back on so as to re-boil the water I forgot about 20 minutes ago. Making my morning java. Whilst waiting, I came to a conclusion: N E W R U L E – if I have Sunday off, under no circumstances do … Continue reading Confessions Of A 48 Year Old On Mother’s Day
Warpaint
earth moist from yesterday’s rain, and I am restless. for it, on the soles of my feet, in my hair, across my cheek. like my war paint. The Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth Continue reading Warpaint
Adventures In Abandon Orchards
If there is anywhere in this fair town I can relax, have faith a little, let her off the leash a little, it is there. I don’t generally, for a couple reasons, primarily though that I just don’t trust her to come when she is called. Well, basically because if she decides to, she just won’t listen, C O M P L E T E … Continue reading Adventures In Abandon Orchards
Today They Say
Remember that time we took Grandma to see The Empire Strikes Back? You would think that a woman who believed in UFO’s would have had a better grasp of the storyline. I look back now and wonder what the heck we were thinkin’, taking Grandma to see Star Wars. She leant over so many times to ask you what was going on, I began to … Continue reading Today They Say
the man who never came
and so she stumbled forward. grasping at the bits and pieces of herself, she had left behind, forgotten by the side of the road. awaiting the next distraction, she looked out the sun-washed window, biting her lip. he wasn’t coming. she could feel it. he wasn’t coming. That was then. Time and fury stalked the room, the sidewalks bore the brunt of those angry days. … Continue reading the man who never came
The Mists Of Cornerbrook
With a few bob in me pants, and a pint in me belly, dat the ingredients, my Irish neighbour just finished sayin. We were discussing the garden we share between. From there it went onto attitude, and living the life you have, and enjoying this here and now. Be damned the naysayers, and boo-whoo-ers. He said…“I’m getting rather good ya naw at being a bum”. … Continue reading The Mists Of Cornerbrook
Just For Me
Walked across the parking lot to catch my bus. Or rather wait for 20 minutes for my bus (as it turned out). Wondering if I had enough time to maybe go across to the LCBO and pick up a couple of bottles of that Hobgoblin beer I love. And then I changed my mind and decided I didn’t have enough time. You know how I … Continue reading Just For Me
1999, And An Unexpected Journey
It’s something maybe I always knew. I know, I know, you always said I romanticised a wee bit, but still my childhood was rather idyllic. I have met many in my travels that would have traded places with me in an instant. Parents who loved each other, I grew up next to Grandma, never went hungry, always knew I was loved. Yadda, yadda, and all … Continue reading 1999, And An Unexpected Journey
The Random Happiness Files ~/~ And Magic Happens
“Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.” ― Charles de Lint, The Onion Girl Enjoying a quiet Sunday, out on the stoop, and Irish wants to bark at some dog being walked way across the neighbouring parking lot some 500 or more feet. Woof. I sternly say NO. She stops. So, she … Continue reading The Random Happiness Files ~/~ And Magic Happens
TheAbstract
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How To Escape Your Loving Mother
Just realized this morning that I probably talk to you more now than I did when you were living. Always your tea towel in the wind, you clung to me so tightly when I was young. I suppose because you knew as soon as you let go, once and for all, I’d be gone. And god knows where bouts I’d land. I’m sure that scared … Continue reading How To Escape Your Loving Mother
Is This The Legend Of Us?
Once, somewhere far, far away stood a gate. Under mere stone and mortar multitudes walked; maybe. They walked all the way from paradise towards the unknown; otherwise known as civilization. Or so we say. One could argue this region is the birth of a great shift Homo Sapien Sapien made (us), from hunter-gatherer to pastoralist, to farmer, to simplify thousand or so years that process … Continue reading Is This The Legend Of Us?
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