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My grandmother loved using old adages, or euphemisms. Sayings that her grandmother had taught her to live by. She used to say certain ones all the time. It was the preamble to any advice she could give in times of need. These lines have fallen away… Most people either don’t know what they mean or … Read moreOld Adages

Good Morning 🙂 Just got back from a trip that took me halfway across our great nation and …. Man. Glad I didn’t go all the way across. “Heartache and the loss of God… Wandering, Wandering in hopeless night…” – Jim Morrison. That quote ran through my mind a hundred times. I don’t jump into … Read moreAmerica

The children were late tonight. Something must be going on in the village. She sipped her coffee and lit up a rolled smoke. Granny held it away from her face; stared into the burning herbs and paper and knew she would tell a story about a man named Jack. She blew out her smoke slowly … Read moreStories About 5,000 Years Ago – Jack Boostow

Granny sat in the dark on the far side of the cold fire pit. She and the children who had already got there watched silently as the others arrived. Tried to watch silently anyways. Some snickered every now and then. It was kind of funny that the kids coming through the woods were frustrated they … Read moreStories About 5,000 Years Ago – The Dark

It was a tall and skinny old slash pine but it wasn’t too much for the Florida man. He shimmied – “Granny what does shimmy mean?” – It means he climbed straight up the tree with no branches to help him. Oh… The child’s voice trailed off still not understanding. Granny went over to the … Read moreStories About 5,000 Years Ago – Storms

Everyone was sitting around the fire. In the darkness of the forest around them it was the only light. It reflected off the childrens faces and glittered in their eyes. Eyes that were locked on the old lady before them. They sat in a circle on the ground; Anticipation running like an electrical current among … Read moreStories About 5,000 Years Ago – Black and Shiny Things

Lines snaked around the building to hear what the young woman had to say… This new, too young, too Millennial, female… Who does she think she is? All inexperienced with her too big skirt and wrinkled shirt? She’s the new Young American my friends and we should be proud. It’s not our world anymore, it’s … Read moreTheir Future

Obviously I think about Death quite often. The other world has always been a strong part of my life but in the last few years… I would say that old man Death has been walking a little closer. It has led me to look more seriously at the situation. Fear that I am not ready. … Read moreA Good Day to Die

Violence of Nations… This Violence – We see so much our eyes bleed… But crying for more… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I saw the Big Church blaming homosexual people for some of their “certain problems”… Maybe a thought for an infestation of demons should be considered? An exorcism perhaps? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. What leads us to places where we will … Read moreThoughts While Reading the News

I’ve been thinking too much about aliens lately. It’s not a topic I’m fond of at all. I don’t like to think about them, I don’t care for the movie War of the Worlds… Visions of them actually make me uncomfortable. Aliens, for some reason in my mind, fit in with the strange deserted city … Read moreOf All the Aliens in the Sky