Sunday, October 5, 2014 The clouds were rolling by today, white and grey and dark, billowing along at a great pace. It was 8C outside this morning. The wind was brisk. The rain came, and then it went, and then it came back again. Some of it was misty, and some of it was thick.… Continue reading The First Time ‘Round
Category: October
October Entries
Pork n Beans
Friday, October 2, 2014 I am sitting on the back verandah at the little house in the city. It is 8:00 a.m., I have already chatted with Attila, enjoyed a cup of coffee, paid the dreaded bills (ouch!), and put the blue box out to the curb for pickup. While taking out the blue box… Continue reading Pork n Beans
Sam Larkin
Sad news in my world, a dear friend has passed away. There is a hole in my universe. Sam Larkin was a wonderful individual, talented, funny, quixotic, complex, intelligent… but what comes to me, when I think about him, is his gentleness and kindness. From my perspective those are the qualities that lit up his… Continue reading Sam Larkin
Lumpen Mass
Yesterday Attila left work an hour early, having gone in an hour early, allowing us an early start on our most recent journey to the little house in the city. After driving for an hour we hit an ice storm. It began as rain and quickly evolved into a downpour of ice pellets. Luckily the… Continue reading Lumpen Mass
Just Like An Arrow
When I arose at 5:00 a.m. this morning it was still dark outside. The neighbour was up though, and there were a few lights on at their house. Standing in the dark, the kitchen window became a portal into a fairy land. The distant lights in the windows beamed through the branches of the white… Continue reading Just Like An Arrow