When I was a young person with an anomalous heart that had yet to fully test the nature of that heart in this life-thing, I wrote a lot of poems. A LOT. It was something that sustained me through some very rough times, for about a ten year period, beginning when I was around 15. … Read more
A term used for astronomy is appropriate when we consider the twists and turns of life. When we look at the pinpoint of light from a star, we know that the light could have taken a million years or more to get here, so we are really looking at the star as it was eons … Read more
Some names were changed in this one (including mine) because some innocent people are involved. At near the dawn of time—my time—I had a girlfriend. She was a younger woman. I was around 6 and she was around 5. The thing I remember best from our time together is that when she would be talking … Read more
We were going up north to my parent’s cottage—Fred’s place now—and it was dark, the middle of the night, probably around 3 a.m. We were going down the tiny access road and it was damp, puddles in the ruts. There were frogs all over the road. Carol insisted on getting out. She wanted to jump … Read more
While doing my tutoring gig, I had a high school student who was looking at two pieces of writing. I’m not sure she was exactly clear about what she was supposed to do with these pieces, but I think she was supposed to look at them and write an essay on what they meant and … Read more