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WHEN YOU’RE STUCK ON A SANDBANK

WHEN YOU’RE STUCK ON A SANDBANK

WHEN YOU’RE STUCK ON A SANDBANK The day had started as normal. For a traveling day, that is. Coffee (two cups please); pups taken care of and settled up on the fly bridge for the trip; lines ready to cast off; Donna Bag (she gave it to me) packed and checked as...
THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR BEING PREPARED

THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR BEING PREPARED

THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR BEING PREPARED Five seconds. I was five seconds too late. It might as well have been five hours. A hawk swooped over the house and landed in the tree right in front of me. I reached for my phone but by the time I had it set to camera,...
WHEN YOUR CANDLE IS FLICKERING

WHEN YOUR CANDLE IS FLICKERING

WHEN YOUR CANDLE IS FLICKERING When the fire has gone out; When even the embers are barely glowing; When the sailing ship that is your life has stalled without wind; When all the small pleasures no longer bring joy; When you prefer being alone and avoid company; When...

“I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING.”

Remember that lovely scene from “When Sally meets Harry,” where Sally goes into rapture and an elderly lady, looking on, makes this prosaic and now famous remark, “I’ll have what she’s having.” It wasn’t anything tangible or material the old lady envied, it was...
VESSELS OF CLAY.

VESSELS OF CLAY.

VESSELS OF CLAY. It had been a Christmas Gift. That ridiculously expensive bottle of “Designer” perfume. I used it sparingly, dab on the wrists, dab behind the ears, dab on the chest, I wanted it to last. Then, in one single moment, it was over. I had executed one of...